the titles are held by his only son, the seventh Marquess, who succeeded in 2002.

When King Conrad III died without adult heir in 1152, Frederick also succeeded him, taking both German royal and Imperial titles.

In Belgium, the title of Duke of Brabant ( historically the most prestigious in the Low Countries, and containing the federal capital Brussels ), if still vacant, has been awarded preferentially to the eldest son and heir presumptive of the king, other male dynasts receiving various lower historical titles ( much older than Belgium, and in principle never fallen to the Belgian crown ), such as Count of Flanders ( King Leopold III's so-titled brother held the title when he became the realm's temporary head of state as prince-regent ) and Prince of Liège ( a secularised version of the historical prince-bishopric ; e. g., the present King Albert II until he succeeded his older brother Baudouin I ).

The eighteenth century was dominated by Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg ( 13 May 1753 – 19 August 1792 ), who was Chancellor to four emperors from Maria Theresa to Francis II ( 1792-1835 ), with the titles of both Hofkanzler and Staatskanzler and was succeeded by Johann Philipp von Cobenzl ( 1792-1793 ).

However, when he was ten years old, his father unexpectedly succeeded his grandnephew Charles II of Savoy as duke and head of the Savoy dynasty, which had now also received the titles of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia.

the titles are held by his great-grandson, the tenth Earl, who succeeded his grandfather in 1979.

He was succeeded in the other titles by his first cousin once removed, the second Earl of Burlington, who became the seventh Duke ( see the Earl of Burlington for earlier history of this branch of the family ).

As of 2009 the titles are held by their second and only surviving son, the twelfth Duke, who succeeded in 2004.

Lord Burlington was succeeded in the earldom of Cork and the other remaining titles by his third cousin John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, who became the fifth Earl of Cork as well ( he was descended from the third son of the first Earl of Cork, and had also inherited the titles of Baron Broghill and Baron Boyle of Marston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thus a seat in the British House of Lords until 1999 ( see the Earl of Orrery for earlier history of this branch of the family ).

the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifteenth Earl, who succeeded in 2003.

He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire and Ipswich and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire from 1918 to 1937. the titles are held by the thirteenth Earl of Wemyss and ninth Earl of March, who succeeded in 2008.

He was succeeded in the earldom of March and its two subsidiary titles by his second cousin once removed Francis Wemyss-Charteris, later the eighth Earl of Wemyss.

He was succeeded in the junior titles attached to the earldom of Stanhope, the viscountcy of Stanhope of Mahon and barony of Elvaston, by his kinsman the eleventh Earl of Harrington.

He was succeeded by his nephew Edward Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, the () present holder of the titles.

He was succeeded to the Baronetcy of Baltimore and to his other titles by his son and heir, Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.

Upon the death of Prince Richard's father ( Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester ) on 10 June 1974, the Prince succeeded to the titles Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden.

As of 2012 the titles are held by the latter's eldest son, the fifth Marquess, who succeeded in 1994.

He died in London on 28 July 1863, aged 66, and was succeeded in his titles by his son George.

As of 2012 the titles are held by his eldest son, the seventh Marquess, who succeeded in 2003.

The titles are held by his only son, the eleventh Earl, who succeeded in 2005.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second and () present holder of the titles.

In 1596, they succeeded, and Casaubon accepted a post at the University of Montpellier, with the titles of conseiller du roi ( king's advisor ) and professeur stipendié aux langues et bonnes lettres ( salaried professor of languages and literatures ).

| colspan = 5 | Thomas of Woodstock's son died two years after his father, but never succeeded to his titles except that of Earl of Buckingham.

He died in May 1811, aged 69, and was succeeded in his titles by his son from his first marriage, Robert.

Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

In 1815 he succeeded his uncle as second Baron of Halkin according to a special remainder and assumed the additional surname of Duff ( see Duff-Gordon baronets for further history of this branch of the family ).

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Cobenzl was dismissed by Francis II over the Partition of Poland and was succeeded by Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula ( Baron Thugot ) ( 1793-1800 ).

In 1605 King James I of England created him Earl of Montgomery and Baron Herbert of Shurland, and since 1630, when he succeeded to the Earldom of Pembroke, the head of the Herbert family has carried the double title of Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.

He succeeded his father as Baron De La Warr, in 1602, and became a member of the Privy Council.

He had already succeeded his mother as seventh Baron Clifford in 1754.

In 1629 their son William Cavendish ( then Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ) succeeded as ninth Baron Ogle.

He was succeeded in the Burlington estates and in the barony of Clifford by his eldest surviving daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford ( see the Baron Clifford for later history of this title ).

However, he was succeeded in the earldom and barony by his distant relative James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, who became the thirteenth Earl of Chesterfield and thirteenth Baron Stanhope.

Ashdown announced his intention to resign as leader of the Liberal Democrats on 20 January 1999finally departing on 9 August that year after 11 years in the role, to be succeeded by Charles Kennedy. He was knighted ( KBE ) in 2000 and became a life peer as Baron Ashdown of Norton Sub Hamdon in the House of Lords after retiring from the Commons in 2001.

He had already succeeded his mother as tenth Baron Strange and sixth Baron Mohun.

In 1732 he succeeded his great-niece as 6th Baron Strange.

He represented Preston and Lancashire in the House of Commons and in 1832, two years before he succeeded his father, he was raised to the peerage in his own right as Baron Stanley, of Bickerstaffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

On 6 October 1929, Lord Lascelles, who had been created a Knight of the Garter upon his marriage, succeeded his father as 6th Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles, and Baron Harewood.

George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, ( born 12 April 1946 ) is a British Labour Party politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004 ; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position.

In 1839, nine years before he succeeded his brother, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale in the County of Nottingham.

On 10 February 1382, he succeeded his brother John as 6th Baron Mowbray and 7th Baron Segrave, and was soon created 1st Earl of Nottingham, a title that was also created for his elder brother.

He succeeded his uncle as Baron Killanin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1927, which allowed him to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster as Lord Killanin upon turning 21.