Duke of Marlborough

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom country house duchy hereditary title nobleman peerage title

The Duke of Marlborough is a hereditary British noble title in the Peerage of England, historically associated with the Churchill family and centered at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.

Aliases (7)

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ×4
Blenheim Palace ×3
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ×3
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ×2
The Duke of Marlborough ×2
Winston Churchill ×2
Lord Randolph Churchill ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → country house → duchy → hereditary title → nobleman → nobleman → nobleman → peerage title →
associatedWith	Blenheim Palace → Churchill family → Spencer-Churchill family →
child	Lord Randolph Churchill → Winston Churchill →
country	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom →
createdBy	Queen Anne →
dateOfCreation	1702 →
familyName	Spencer →
familySeat	Blenheim Palace →
grantedFor	military victories of John Churchill →
hasTitleHolder	George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough →
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
inheritanceType	male-preference primogeniture →
languageOfTitle	English →
laterFamilyName	Spencer-Churchill →
locatedIn	England → Oxfordshire → United Kingdom → Woodstock, Oxfordshire →
monarchOfCreation	Anne, Queen of Great Britain →
namedAfter	Marlborough, Wiltshire →
nobleFamily	Churchill family →
notableBattleAssociated	Battle of Blenheim → Battle of Malplaquet → Battle of Oudenarde → Battle of Ramillies →
notableFor	War of the Spanish Succession →
occupation	general →
partOf	Peerage of England →
precedence	one of the highest ranks in the British peerage →
rankInPeerage	duke →
relative	Duke of Marlborough →
seat	Blenheim Palace →
subsidiaryTitle	Baron Churchill → Baron Spencer of Wormleighton → Earl of Sunderland → Marquess of Blandford →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough → Spencer family →	nobleTitle
Baron Churchill of Sandridge → Baron Spencer of Wormleighton →	subordinateTitleOf
Earl of Sunderland →	associatedWith
Marquess of Blandford →	associatedWithTitle
Earl of Marlborough →	elevatedTo
Baron Churchill of Sandridge →	firstHolderLaterTitle
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough ("The Duke of Marlborough") →	hasTitleStyle
Marquess of Blandford →	heirTitleOf
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough →	holdsTitle
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ("The Duke of Marlborough") →	honorificPrefix
Earl of Godolphin →	maritalAlliance
Earl of Sunderland →	mergedInto
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) →	officeHolder
Long Library →	ownedBy
Great Lake (Blenheim Palace) →	owner
Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace →	ownership
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough →	positionHeld
Earl of Marlborough →	precedenceBefore
Winston Churchill →	relative