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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Label	Occurrences
Dukes of Marlborough canonical	9

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marlborough Tapestries → associatedWith → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough → headOfNobleFamily → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Blenheim Palace lake → associatedWith → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lord Randolph Spencer-Churchill (died in infancy) → notableFamilyMemberOf → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lady Frances Spencer-Churchill → notableFamilyConnection → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lady Blanche Spencer-Churchill → notableFamilyConnection → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lady Anne Spencer-Churchill → connectedTo → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lady Rosemary Mildred Spencer-Churchill → isDescendantOf → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ

Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill → partOfNobleFamily → Dukes of Marlborough ⓘ