Dukes of Norfolk

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The Dukes of Norfolk are the premier dukes and highest-ranking peers in the English nobility, historically serving as Earls Marshal and long associated with the powerful Howard family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy
hereditary peerage title
associatedFamily Howard family
coatOfArmsFeature Howard arms with augmentation of honour
flaming lion
royal augmentation from Richard III
country England
currentHolderBirthYear 1956
currentHolderReligion Roman Catholic
currentHolderResidence Arundel Castle
currentTitleHolder Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
familyMotto Sola virtus invicta
familyName Howard
hereditaryOffice Earl Marshal
hereditaryTo heirs male of the body
historicalReligionConsequence subject to legal disabilities as Catholics before Catholic Emancipation
historicalStatus leading noble family in late medieval and Tudor England
nobilityRank duke
notableTitleHolder Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation)
Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation)
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
originalCreationYear 1397
originalMonarch Richard II of England
peerage Peerage of England
politicalAlignmentHistorical often influential at the English court
positionInPeerage premier duke of England
precedence highest-ranking peers in the English nobility
region County of Norfolk
linked to: Norfolk county
religiousAffiliationTraditionally Roman Catholicism
religiousStatusPostReformation most senior Roman Catholic lay family in England
seatAssociated Arundel Castle
Carlton Towers
Norfolk House (historical)
linked to: Norfolk House
style His Grace
subsidiaryTitle Baron Maltravers
Earl of Arundel
Earl of Norfolk
Earl of Surrey
titleForHeirApparent Earl of Arundel
titleHolderFamily House of Howard
traditionalOffice Earl Marshal of England
linked to: Earl Marshal
traditionalRole organizing coronations of British monarchs
organizing state ceremonies
organizing state funerals
organizing the State Opening of Parliament

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Arundel Castle associatedWithNobleHouse Dukes of Norfolk
Norfolk House principalResidenceOf Dukes of Norfolk
Mowbray family titleSuccession Dukedom of Norfolk passed to the Howard family
linked to: Dukes of Norfolk
Chief Butler of England associatedWithFamily Dukes of Norfolk
Barony of Arundel associatedWith Dukes of Norfolk
Fitzalan Chapel traditionalBurialPlaceOf Dukes of Norfolk
Fitzalan Chapel associatedWith Dukes of Norfolk
Arundel Castle Trustees associatedWith Dukes of Norfolk
St Michael's Church, Framlingham associatedWith Dukes of Norfolk
St Michael's Church, Framlingham hasMonumentTo Dukes of Norfolk
Howard of Effingham hasCadetBranchOf Dukes of Norfolk