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RobertSimons (talk | contribs) Added reference to original name: Blenheim Castle. "Palace" only began to be used in mid-19th century so have also changed "palace" to "house" in sections which describe what happened during building of the house. Note also the wording of the contemporary plaque: it uses "house". |
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'''Blenheim Palace''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|l|ɛ|n|ɪ|m|}} {{Respell|BLEN|im}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/blenheim|title=Blenheim|access-date=23 September 2014|date=n.d.|publisher=Collins Dictionary}}</ref>) is a [[English country house|country house]] in [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]], England. It is the seat of the [[Duke of Marlborough (title)|Dukes of Marlborough]]
The palace is named after the 1704 [[Battle of Blenheim]]. It was originally intended to be a reward to [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]] for his military triumphs against the [[Kingdom of France|French]] and [[Electorate of Bavaria|Bavarians]] in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], culminating in the Battle of Blenheim. The land was given as a gift, and construction began in 1705, with some financial support from [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]. The project soon became the subject of political infighting, with the Crown cancelling further financial support in 1712, Marlborough's three-year voluntary exile to the Continent, the fall from influence of his duchess, and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
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