Dame of Sark

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The Dame of Sark is the hereditary female ruler and feudal head of state of the Channel Island of Sark.

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Label Occurrences
Dame of Sark canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
hereditary title
appliesToJurisdiction Sark
coatOfArms arms of the Seigneurie of Sark
country Sark
follows Seigneur of Sark
genderOfOccupant female
hasAssociatedEstate Seigneurie estate on Sark
hasAuthorityIn Sark Chief Pleas
hasCapital village of Sark
hasCeremonialRole local ceremonies on Sark
hasHistoricalAllegiance British Crown
Duchy of Normandy
English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
hasHistoricalFunction administration of justice on Sark
defence of Sark
hasJurisdictionOver Sark
hasLegalStatus feudal fief holder
hasMaleEquivalent Seigneur of Sark
hasOfficialResidence La Seigneurie gardens and house
hasPower certain seigneurial privileges
land tenure rights on Sark
hasSuccessionRule primogeniture
hasTitleHolder Seigneur of Sark
historicalReligion Church of England
inception 16th century
isFeudalHeadOf Sark
isHereditaryRulerOf Sark
isTitleIn Channel Islands feudal system
languageUsed English
French
Sercquiais
legalSystem Sark customary law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bailiwick of Guernsey
linked to: Guernsey

Channel Islands
officeCreatedBy letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I
officeHolderSelectedBy hereditary succession
partOf Bailiwick of Guernsey
linked to: Guernsey
positionHeldBy Margaret Beaumont
Mary Collings
Sibyl Hathaway
Sybil Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway
current Seigneur of Sark
representedBy Bailiff of Guernsey
residence La Seigneurie, Sark
styleOfAddress Dame
subordinateTo Crown of the United Kingdom

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Referenced by (3)

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

Beaumont family heldTitle Dame of Sark
Beaumont family hasHereditaryOffice Dame of Sark