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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.
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg were the only remaining duchies (Weimar-Eisenach was the merger of the personal union of Weimar and Eisenach into one title since 1809, being raised to a Grand Duchy in 1815, and officially Grand Duchy of Saxony since 1903) at the time of the German Revolution of 1918.
Duchy created in 1570 in the town of Montargis (department of Loiret) for Renée of France. Title extinguished in 1575 with the 1st Duchess. Duke of Saint-Fargeau: 1574 Bourbon-Montpensier: 1693 Duchy-peerage created in 1575 on Saint-Fargeau (department of Yonne) for Renée d'Anjou-Mézières and her husband François de Bourbon.
A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition. There once existed an important difference between "sovereign dukes" and dukes who were ordinary noblemen throughout Europe.
Ingredients grown at the Home Farm are used in Duchy Originals products. This ranges from milk and pork to barley and grain. [4] The farm supplies carrots and potatoes to restaurants, supermarkets, and local schools as a wholesaler. [5] In 1998, they began operating a vegetable box scheme for homes within a 15-mile radius of Tetbury. By 2010 ...
This last duke of independent Brittany was forced to submit to a treaty giving the King of France the right to determine the marriage of the Duke's daughter, Anne, a young girl 12 years old, and now the sole heir to the Duchy based on a de facto return to the Duchy's semi-Salic traditions.
The Duchy of Bari was a significant administrative division within the Kingdom of Naples, comprising several territories, including Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Modugno, Ostuni (incorporated into the duchy in 1506), Palo del Colle, and Rossano. Bari, as the capital, functioned as a key administrative and economic center in the region ...
The highest elevation in the grand duchy were the Kickelhahn (861 m above sea level (NN)) near Ilmenau, the Ellenbogen (814 m above sea level (NN)) in the Rhön and the Ettersberg (477 m above sea level (NN)) near Weimar. In 1895, the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was administratively divided into three districts (Kreise):