Blenheim Palace

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Blenheim Palace is a grand English country house in Oxfordshire, renowned as the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
country house
historic house
palace
stately home
ancestralSeatOf Spencer-Churchill family
surface form: Dukes of Marlborough
architect John Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh
surface form: Nicholas Hawksmoor
architecturalStyle English Baroque
birthplaceOf Winston Churchill
builtFor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
category Country houses in Oxfordshire
Palaces in England
UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Sites in England
commemorates Battle of Blenheim
constructionEnd 1722
constructionStart 1705
country United Kingdom
function event venue
family residence
tourist attraction
governingBody Blenheim Palace self-linksurface differs
surface form: Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation
hasChapel yes
hasFeature Capability Brown landscaped grounds
Column of Victory
Grand Bridge
Great Court
Great Lake
Long Library
Marlborough Tapestries
State Rooms
formal gardens
landscape park
hasMausoleum yes
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
landscapeDesigner Lancelot "Capability" Brown
locatedIn Oxfordshire
surface form: Blenheim, Oxfordshire

England
Oxfordshire
material limestone
nearestTown Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
surface form: Woodstock
notableResident Winston Churchill
openToPublic yes
ownedBy John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
surface form: Duke of Marlborough

Spencer-Churchill family
purpose reward for military victory
region South East England
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1987

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Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill birthPlace Blenheim Palace
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill residence Blenheim Palace
9th Duke of Marlborough residence Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
9th Duke of Marlborough notableEstateManaged Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
9th Duke of Marlborough estate Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
9th Duke of Marlborough landholdings Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
this entity surface form: Blenheim estate
9th Duke of Marlborough notableResidence Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Marlborough family seat Blenheim Palace
William Godolphin, Marquess of Blandford burialPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Chapel, Blenheim Palace
11th Duke of Marlborough placeOfBirth Blenheim Palace
11th Duke of Marlborough placeOfDeath Blenheim Palace
11th Duke of Marlborough burialPlace Blenheim Palace
11th Duke of Marlborough residence Blenheim Palace
Marlborough dukedom hasFamilySeat Blenheim Palace
Marlborough dukedom linkedToEstate Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim estate
Marlborough dukedom linkedToBattleHonour Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim
George Spencer deathPlace Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
George Spencer residence Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
Glympton Park near Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace area
Susan Mary Hornby residence Blenheim Palace
John Churchill residence Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
12th Duke of Marlborough placeOfBirth Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
12th Duke of Marlborough residence Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
12th Duke of Marlborough presidesOver Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
12th Duke of Marlborough notableEstate Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
Gladys Deacon residence Blenheim Palace