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| Dukedom of Leinster | |
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| Creation date | 26 November 1766[1] |
| Created by | King George III |
| Peerage | Peerage of Ireland |
| First holder | James FitzGerald, 1st Marquess of Kildare |
| Present holder | Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke |
| Heir presumptive | Edward FitzGerald (nephew of the present holder) |
| Remainder to | the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Marquess of Kildare Earl of Kildare Earl of Offaly Viscount Leinster Baron of Offaly Baron Offaly Baron Kildare |
| Former seat(s) | Maynooth Castle Kilkea Castle Leinster House Carton House |
Duke of Leinster (/ˈlɪnstər/;[2][3] Irish: Diúc Laighean[4]) is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (1747), Baron of Offaly (c. 1193), Baron Offaly (1620) and Baron Kildare, of Kildare in the County of Kildare (1870). The viscounty of Leinster is in the Peerage of Great Britain, the barony of Kildare in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and all other titles in the Peerage of Ireland. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Leinster is Marquess of Kildare. The Duke of Leinster is the head of the House of Kildare.
The 3rd Duke of Schomberg, General and K.G. (1641–1719), was created The 1st Duke of Leinster in 1691.[citation needed] However, that creation became extinct upon Schomberg's death in July 1719. For the second creation, it was granted to James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, who married to Lady Emily Lennox, the great-granddaughter of King Charles II of the Royal House of Stuart.
The family seat of the current Duke of Leinster is now Oakley Park, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.[5] He succeeded as 9th Duke of Leinster, 9th Marquess of Kildare, 28th Earl of Kildare, 9th Earl of Offaly, 9th Viscount Leinster of Taplow, 14th Baron Offaly, 6th Baron Kildare, and as the Premier Duke, Marquess and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland.
- ^ Collins, Arthur (1 January 1779). "The peerage of England. 3 vols. [in 4. Sig. N6,7 of vol. 1, 3B1 of vol. 2, and 2F5,6 of vol. 3 are cancels. Sig. K5 of vol. 3 has been cancelled and replaced by a bifolium]" – via Google Books.
- ^ Scriven, Marcus (1 December 2009). Splendour and Squalor: The Disgrace and Disintegration of Three Aristocratic Dynasties. Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781848874855 – via Google Books.
- ^ Maynooth, Archaeology in (13 December 2011). "Maynooth Castle The History Part 3". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Oireachtais, Tithe an. "Teach Laighean, Tithe an Oireachtais". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ US challenge to Duke title fails: An American builder's attempt to take an aristocratic title off an Oxfordshire man has failed, Oxford Mail, 19th April 2007, The Page Turner