<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the peerages of the British Isles, most titles have traditionally been created for men and with remainder to male heirs . However, some titles are created with special remainders to allow women to inherit them . Some of the oldest English baronies were created by writ and pass to female heirs when a peer dies with daughters and no sons, while some titles are created with a man's family in mind, if he is without sons and unlikely to produce any . The following is a list of women who have inherited titles with the British peerages . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date inherited </Th> <Th> Date of death or other loss of title </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Other titles by marriage </Th> <Th> Preceded in title by </Th> <Th> Succeeded in title by </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 October 1314 </Td> <Td> 19 October 1356 </Td> <Td> 2nd Baroness Geneville </Td> <Td> Joan de Geneville (Mortimer) </Td> <Td> Countess of March </Td> <Td> Geoffrey de Geneville, grandfather </Td> <Td> Roger Mortimer, son </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 June 1333 </Td> <Td> 10 December 1363 </Td> <Td> 4th Countess of Ulster </Td> <Td> Elizabeth de Burgh (Plantagenet) </Td> <Td> Duchess of Clarence </Td> <Td> William de Burgh, father </Td> <Td> Philippa, daughter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 4 August 1338 </Td> <Td> 24 March 1399 </Td> <Td> 2nd Countess of Norfolk </Td> <Td> Margaret of Norfolk </Td> <Td> Baroness Segrave by first marriage Baroness Manny by second marriage Duchess of Norfolk by creation </Td> <Td> Thomas of Brotherton, father </Td> <Td> Thomas Mowbray, grandson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 May 1349 </Td> <Td> 29 September 1349 </Td> <Td> 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell </Td> <Td> Margaret Wake (Comyn) </Td> <Td> Countess of Kent </Td> <Td> Thomas Wake, brother </Td> <Td> John, son </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 December 1352 </Td> <Td> 7 August 1385 </Td> <Td> 4th Countess of Kent 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell </Td> <Td> Joan Plantagenet (Montacute) (Holland) </Td> <Td> Countess of Salisbury Princess of Wales </Td> <Td> John Plantagenet, brother </Td> <Td> Thomas Holland, son </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 December 1363 </Td> <Td> 5 January 1382 </Td> <Td> 5th Countess of Ulster </Td> <Td> Philippa of Clarence </Td> <Td> Countess of March </Td> <Td> Elizabeth de Burgh, mother </Td> <Td> Roger Mortimer, son </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1372 </Td> <Td> 3 April 1384 </Td> <Td> 2nd Baroness Manny </Td> <Td> Anne Hastings </Td> <Td> Countess of Pembroke </Td> <Td> Walter de Manny, father </Td> <Td> John Hastings, son </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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