Duke of Bedford
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The titles of Earl or Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) were created several times in the Peerage of England. It was first created for Hugh the Poor de Beaumont, and then, second, for Enguerrand VII de Coucy, son-in-law of Edward III, in the 14th century. Later, a Dukedom of Bedford was created for Henry IV's third son, John, who later served as regent of France. It was created again in 1470 for George Neville, nephew of Warwick the Kingmaker, and again in 1485 for Jasper Tudor, uncle of Henry VII. The Russell family currently holds the…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The titles of Earl or Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) were created several times in the Peerage of England. It was first created for Hugh the Poor de Beaumont, and then, second, for Enguerrand VII de Coucy, son-in-law of Edward III, in the 14th century. Later, a Dukedom of Bedford was created for Henry IV's third son, John, who later served as regent of France. It was created again in 1470 for George Neville, nephew of Warwick the Kingmaker, and again in 1485 for Jasper Tudor, uncle of Henry VII. The Russell family currently holds the titles of Earl and Duke of Bedford. John Russell, a close advisor of Henry VIII and Edward VI, was granted the title of Earl of Bedford in 1551, and his descendant William, 5th Earl, was created Duke following the Glorious Revolution. The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Bedford, all in the Peerage of England, are: Marquess of Tavistock (created 1694), Earl of Bedford (1550), Viscount Petersborough (1526), Baron Russell, of Cheneys (1539), Baron Russell of Thornhaugh in the County of Northampton (1603), and Baron Howland, of Streatham in the County of Surrey (1695).