Dukes of Marlborough

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English ducal title hereditary peerage title

The Dukes of Marlborough are a prominent English aristocratic family whose title, created for the military commander John Churchill in the early 18th century, is closely associated with Blenheim Palace and a long legacy of political and social influence in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English ducal title ⓘ
hereditary peerage title ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
associatedWithEvent War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
associatedWithHouse House of Churchill ⓘ
Spencer-Churchill family ⓘ
surface form: House of Spencer-Churchill
associatedWithPlace Blenheim Palace ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdByMonarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne
creationDate 1702 ⓘ
familySeatBuiltAsGift Blenheim Palace ⓘ
familySeatGiftedBy Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne
familySeatGiftedFor victory at the Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
genderRule male-preference primogeniture with special remainder ⓘ
grantedFor military victories of John Churchill ⓘ
heirApparentUsesCourtesyTitle Marquess of Blandford ⓘ
higherThan marquess ⓘ
holdsStyle His Grace ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Woodstock, Oxfordshire
lowerThan royal duke ⓘ
nobleFamily Spencer-Churchill family ⓘ
surface form: Churchill family

Spencer-Churchill family ⓘ
notableMember John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
notableRelative Winston Churchill ⓘ
peerage Peerage of England ⓘ
politicalInfluence British Conservative politics ⓘ
rank duke ⓘ
region Oxfordshire ⓘ
seat Blenheim Palace ⓘ
socialStatus British aristocracy ⓘ
specialRemainderAllowedFemaleHeir Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Churchill of Sandridge ⓘ
Earl of Sunderland ⓘ
Marquess of Blandford ⓘ
titleHolder Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
surface form: Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
surface form: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough

George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
surface form: John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ⓘ

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Marlborough Tapestries → associatedWith → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ