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The title '''Duke of Exeter''' was created several times in England in the later Middle Ages. [[Exeter]] is the main town of [[Devon]]. It was first created for [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter|John Holland]], the half-brother of King [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] in 1397. That title was rescinded upon [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV's]] accession to the throne two years later. The title was then granted to the former's half-brother, [[Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter|Thomas Beaufort, 1st Earl of Dorset]] by his nephew [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]. Following Beaufort's death without heirs in 1426, the title was restored to the Holland family, which held it until the 3rd Duke was attainted in 1461 as a [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]], dying in 1475.

==Dukes of Exeter, first creation (1397)==
[[File:Arms of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter.svg|right|thumb|125px|Coat of arms of the Dukes of Exeter of the Holland family]]
*[[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter]] (1352–1400), half-brother of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]], was executed for treason against his half-brother's cousin and rival [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV Bolingbroke]], at which point his honours were deprived.

===Coat of arms===
*Arms: The arms of [[England]] (gules, three lions passant or), within a border [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]], charged with [[fleur-de-lis]] of the second.
*Crest: The royal lion on a [[chapeau]], gorged with a [[Collar (Order of Knighthood)|collar]] azure, charged with fleurs-de-lis, and [[coronet|ducally crowned]].

==Dukes of Exeter, second creation (1416)==
[[File:Arms of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter.svg|125px|right|thumb|Coat of arms of Thomas Beaufort (1377–1427), Duke of Exeter, and son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster]]
*[[Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter]] (c. 1377–1426), third legitimated son of [[John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster]] (himself the third son of [[Edward III of England|Edward III]]), died without issue, thus the dukedom was extinct.

===Coat of arms===
*Arms: The arms of England (quarterly: first and fourth, azure, three fleurs-de-lis; second and third, gules, three lions passant [[or (heraldry)|or]]), within a border [[gobony]] azure and ermine.<ref name=Agincourt>{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=Matthew|title=Agincourt 1415: Triumph against the odds|year=1991|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-85532-132-7|pages=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWuo5gjiGngC&dq=thomas+beaufort+coaT+OF+ARMS&pg=PA33}}</ref>
*Crest: A [[portcullis]] or, nailed azure, chains of the first.

==Dukes of Exeter, third creation (1444)==
:Sometimes numbered 2nd and 3rd dukes in reference to the 1397 creation
* [[John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter]], 1st in this creation (1395–1447), son of the 1st Duke of the 1397 creation, was restored to his father's honours after service to his cousin, the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] king, [[Henry V of England|Henry V]]
* [[Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter]], 2nd in this creation (1430–1475), son of preceding, titles forfeited 1461

===Coat of arms===
As the first creation above.

==See also==
*[[Marquess of Exeter]]

== References ==
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