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Hace 4 días · In 1618, William Cavendish was created Earl of Devonshire, and the title has continued ever since in this noble family, who in 1694 were elevated to the dukedom. n7 . Eventually heiress of her father, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, who had married one of the co-heiresses of Humphry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.
Hace 3 días · 8. Diplomat to Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Unknown Robert of Ropsley ~1170–1230 1. Diplomat to Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. 2. Castellan of Kenilworth Castle 1207–1210 3. Custodian of the Honour of Leicester (1205–1209) 4. Household Knight Traitor Thomas Sturmy ~1170–1230 1. Custodian of the See of Chichester (1208 ...
Hace 3 días · This title became extinct in 1712, by the death of Charles, Lord Mohun, who fell in a duel, which proved fatal both to himself and his adversary the Duke of Hamilton. This branch of the Mohun family, from the time of their settling in Cornwall, had married the heiresses of Fitz-William and Hayre, and the coheiresses of Courtenay Earl of Devonshire, Horsey, and Reskymer.
Hace 4 días · Eliot, Lord Eliot. — This noble Lord's family is descended from the Eliots of Cutland, in Devonshire, which estate was given in exchange in the year 1565, by Richard Eliot, Esq., for the priory estate at St. Germans. The site of the priory became the residence of the Eliot family, and acquired the name of Port Eliot.
Hace 1 día · Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [1] [2] [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
Hace 3 días · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He was later given multiple positions in ...
Hace 3 días · A painting of Van Dyck and Reubens by Flemish artist, Erasmus Quellinus II, that was stolen in 1979 has been recovered and returned to Chatsworth after it was spotted at a French auction by an art historian.
