Dukes of Lancaster

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The Dukes of Lancaster are noble titleholders in the English peerage historically associated with the powerful Duchy of Lancaster, a royal estate and source of income for the reigning monarch.

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Dukes of Lancaster canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English peerage title
noble title
peerage title
associatedWith Duchy of Lancaster
English monarchy
linked to: English monarchs
ceremonialAssociation Lancaster Castle
country Kingdom of England
currentHolder British monarch
currentHolderLegalPerson Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster
currentHolderTitleUsage Duke of Lancaster
distinctFrom Duchy of Cornwall
Duke of Lancaster Regiment
economicBasis landed estates
revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster
firstCreationDate 14th century
genderNeutralUsage monarch styled as Duke of Lancaster regardless of sex
governedEstatesAdministeredBy Duchy of Lancaster administration
linked to: Duchy of Lancaster
hasFeudalConnectionTo County Palatine of Lancaster
hasSymbol Duchy of Lancaster arms
red rose of Lancaster
hasTerritorialAssociation Lancashire
Lancaster
historicalPrivilege palatine jurisdiction in Lancashire
historicalRole major landholders in medieval England
power base for royal authority in northern England
incomeBeneficiary reigning monarch
incomeUse privy purse
legalStatusOfEstates separate from the Crown Estate
linkedToDynasty House of Lancaster
House of Plantagenet
House of Tudor
linked to: Tudor dynasty

House of Windsor
mergedWithCrown 1399
mergedWithCrownThrough accession of Henry Bolingbroke as Henry IV
nobleClass high nobility
notableHolder Henry of Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
linked to: Henry of Grosmont

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (second creation)
linked to: John of Gaunt
partOf Peerage of England
politicalSignificance influence in the Wars of the Roses
power base for the Lancastrian branch of the Plantagenets
religiousPatronage various churches and chantries in Lancashire
styleUsedIn Lancashire toasts and loyal addresses
royal proclamations
successionLinkedTo succession to the English and later British throne
titleHereditary yes
titleRank duke

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Lancaster Castle builtFor Dukes of Lancaster
Lancaster House namedAfter Dukes of Lancaster
Tutbury Castle associatedWith Dukes of Lancaster
Newarke College, Leicester patron Dukes of Lancaster