House of Marlborough

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The House of Marlborough is a prominent British aristocratic family best known for producing the Dukes of Marlborough, including the famed military commander John Churchill and being ancestral to Winston Churchill.

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House of Marlborough canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic family
ancestralTo Winston Churchill
associatedFamilyName Churchill
Spencer
Spencer-Churchill
associatedWithPrimeMinister Winston Churchill
coatOfArmsDescription Quarterly, 1st and 4th, sable a lion rampant argent, on a canton of the second a cross gules; 2nd and 3rd, quarterly argent and gules, in the second and third quarters a fret or, over all on a bend sable three escallops of the first
country England
United Kingdom
foundingFigure John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
grantedTitleBy Queen Anne
hasHereditaryTitle Baron Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Earl of Marlborough
Earl of Sunderland
Marquess of Blandford
historicalEraOfRise late 17th century
language English
linkedToBattle Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Oudenarde
Battle of Ramillies
linkedToEvent War of the Spanish Succession
locatedIn Blenheim Palace
nationality British
nobleTitleAssociatedWith Duke of Marlborough
notableFor military leadership in the War of the Spanish Succession through John Churchill
producing the Dukes of Marlborough
notableMember Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Winston Churchill
politicalInfluence British Conservative politics
region Oxfordshire
Woodstock, Oxfordshire
religionHistorically Anglicanism
seat Blenheim Palace
socialClass British nobility
peerage of England
titleCreationYear 1702

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Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough memberOf House of Marlborough
subject linked to: 9th Duke of Marlborough
Lady Caroline Russell notableFamilyConnection House of Marlborough
Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill memberOf House of Marlborough
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough memberOfNobleFamily House of Marlborough
subject linked to: George
Edla Griffiths associatedWith House of Marlborough