John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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English general duke human nobleman statesman

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was a prominent English general and statesman renowned for his decisive victories against France in the early 18th century and for shaping European power politics.

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Surface form Occurrences
Duke of Marlborough 8
Duke of Marlborough for the Allies 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English general ⓘ
duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
allegiance Dutch Republic ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1650-05-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Ash, Devon ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
child Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
surface form: Anne Churchill

Elizabeth Churchill ⓘ
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford ⓘ
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ
surface form: Mary Churchill
conflict Nine Years' War ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1722-06-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Berkshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Berkshire

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Windsor Great Park ⓘ
Old Windsor ⓘ
surface form: Windsor Lodge
familyName Lord Randolph Churchill ⓘ
surface form: Churchill
father Winston Churchill ⓘ
surface form: Sir Winston Churchill
givenName John ⓘ
honor grant of Blenheim Palace by Queen Anne ⓘ
memberOf Order of the Garter ⓘ
militaryRank captain-general ⓘ
field marshal ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Drake ⓘ
movement Tory ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig
nobleTitle Baron Churchill of Sandridge ⓘ
Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Earl of Marlborough ⓘ
notableAchievement decisive victories against France in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
shaped European balance of power in the early 18th century ⓘ
notableWork Battle of Blenheim ⓘ
Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ
Battle of Oudenarde ⓘ
Battle of Ramillies ⓘ
campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
officeHeld Captain-General of the Forces ⓘ
Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Garter

Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ
Prince of Mindelheim ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Blenheim Palace ⓘ
servedUnder William III of England ⓘ
surface form: King William III of England

Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne of Great Britain
spouse Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Monmouth Rebellion → opponent → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard → opponentInBattleOfBlenheim → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace → ownedBy → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Marlborough
Prince Eugene of Savoy → partnerInCommandWith → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Marlborough
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough → precededBy → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield → relatedTo → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Elizabeth Drake → relative → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Henrietta FitzJames → relative → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick → relative → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
William Cadogan → servedUnder → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough → spouse → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Dukes of Marlborough → titleHolder → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Prince of Mindelheim (historical, in the Holy Roman Empire) → titleHolder → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
subject surface form: Prince of Mindelheim
Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough → titleInheritedFrom → John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ