Prestige Titles · Guide
What Is a Duchess?
The highest title a woman can hold below royalty.
What a Duchess is
A duchess stands at the summit of the peerage alongside a duke. Like him, she is addressed as Your Grace rather than Lady, the only rank to carry that distinction.
Where a Duchess ranks
She holds the first and highest degree of the peerage. See the order of precedence for everything beneath it.
A little history
A duchess was the wife of a duke or a woman holding a dukedom in her own right. Some became famous in their own age, such as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, a celebrated figure of Georgian society.
Examples:the Duchess of Cambridge · Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire · the Duchess of Cornwall
How to address a Duchess
Written as The Duchess of [Place], opened as Dear Duchess, and spoken as Your Grace. See how to address a Lord or Lady.
Duchess and Duke
The male equivalent is Duke, the highest rank of the peerage. Read what is a Duke.
How to become a Duchess
A dukedom is inherited or granted by the Crown, and cannot be bought. What you can do is legally change your title to Duchess through a title pack, which gives you a personalised Certificate of Title on parchment and a sealed Master Title Deed. See how to become a Lord or Lady and are titles real and legal?
Become a Duchess
Legally change your title to Duchess, beautifully presented on real parchment and ready to gift.
Duchess Title Pack
£199.00£249.00
Become a Duchess →Real parchment certificate · sealed Master Title Deed · a donation to the Woodland Trust
