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The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was founded in 1569. It succeeded the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy was initially ruled by the House of Medici, until their extinction in 1737. The grand duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ruled Tuscany from 1765 to ...
Duchy of Arenberg, an imperial estate (county) from 1549, raised to princely county in 1576 and duchy in 1644; Duchy of Bavaria, elector since 1623; Duchy of Bremen (1648–1806) Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, divided into various lines, one of which became the electorate of Hanover in 1692, another became the independent Duchy of Brunswick in 1815.
Duchy-peerage created in 1758 for Étienne François de Choiseul-Beaupré, Count of Stainville, Marquis of Estainville and of La Bourdaisière, famous minister of Louis XV, distant cousin of the Dukes of Choiseul and Counts of Plessis-Praslin mentioned above. When the Duke died without an heir in 1785, the duchy became extinct. [2] [3]
Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815) Kingdom of Spain (1808–1813) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) ... This page was last edited on 27 December 2024, at 14:58 (UTC).
In helping instigate a heated debate over H-1B visas, Elon Musk is speaking both from personal experience and as a business owner.That's because his company, electric car maker Tesla, is among the ...
The march was a Carolingian creation, a successor of the Lombard Duchy of Tuscia.After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Tuscia from 568 had been part of the Italian Kingdom of the Lombards (Langobardia Major) until, in 754, the Frankish kings intervened in the conflict with Pope Stephen II.
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Reality TV producer Mark Burnett ('The Apprentice," "The Voice," and "Survivor") was named the UK special envoy by President-elect Donald Trump.