Duke of Leinster

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ducal title duchy hereditary title noble title peerage title

The Duke of Leinster is the premier dukedom in the Irish nobility, historically held by the FitzGerald family as the highest-ranking title in the Peerage of Ireland.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ducal title → duchy → hereditary title → noble title → peerage title →
associatedCountry	Ireland →
associatedDynasty	FitzGerald family → surface form: FitzGerald dynasty
associatedHouse	House of Kildare →
associatedRegion	Leinster →
associatedWith	Irish nobility →
category	Dukedoms in the Peerage of Ireland →
country	Ireland →
createdBy	George III NERFINISHED →
createdFor	James FitzGerald →
creationDate	1766 →
femaleEquivalentTitle	Duchess of Leinster →
genderedForm	Duke →
heldByFamily	FitzGerald family →
higherRankThan	Baron in the Peerage of Ireland → Earl in the Peerage of Ireland → Peerage of Ireland → surface form: Marquess in the Peerage of Ireland Viscount in the Peerage of Ireland →
inheritanceType	male-preference primogeniture →
languageOfTitle	English →
monarchAtCreation	George III of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
nobleRank	duke →
notableHolder	Augustus Frederick FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster → Charles William FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster → Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster → Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster → Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster → Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster → James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare → surface form: James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster → William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster →
partOf	Peerage of Ireland →
peerageJurisdiction	Ireland →
positionInHierarchy	premier dukedom in the Peerage of Ireland →
precededBy	Earl of Kildare →
rankWithinIrishPeerage	highest-ranking title →
style	His Grace →
subsidiaryTitle	Baron Offaly → Earl of Kildare → Earl of Kildare → surface form: Marquess of Kildare Viscount Leinster →
traditionalFamilyName	FitzGerald →
traditionalFamilySeat	Carton House → Leinster House, Dublin → surface form: Leinster House

Referenced by (3)

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

Peerage of Ireland → hasNotableDukedom → Duke of Leinster →

Earl of Kildare → linkedTitle → Duke of Leinster →

Leinster House, Dublin → originalOwner → Duke of Leinster →

subject surface form: Leinster House