There, he was granted the title Duke of Guise as a member of the Peerage of France, he and his male-line descendants henceforth being accorded the rank of prince étranger.

A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather.

Edward was then granted the title Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson the following year.

The second son of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta he was granted the title Duke of Spoleto on 22 September 1904.

In 1400, Otterndorf was granted city rights by Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.

In 1874 Queen Victoria granted the title Duke of Connaught to her third son, and could trace a descent from the Connachta.

Following the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487, the land was confiscated by Henry VII, who in turn granted it to Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.

Henry VIII granted the estate to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.

In 1603 James I granted it to his relative Ludovic, Duke of Lennox.