- France,
several duchies existed in the
medieval period,
including Normandy, Burgundy, Brittany, and Aquitaine. The
medieval German stem
duchies (German: Stammesherzogtum...
-
Ernestine duchies (German:
Ernestinische Herzogtümer), also
known as the
Saxon duchies (Sächsische Herzogtümer,
although the
Albertine appanage duchies of Weissenfels...
-
tribal duchies of the
Empire in the 8th century. As the
Carolingian Empire declined, the old
tribal areas ****umed new identities. The five stem
duchies (sometimes...
- Currently,
there are two
duchies in England; the
royal Duchy of
Lancaster and the
royal Duchy of Cornwall.
Unlike historic duchies in England,
these are...
- century,
kings of the Bjälbo
dynasty gave his sons
duchies to rule as fiefs. The
geography of
these duchies could be unclear, as they were not
always within...
- 14th
centuries by the
breakup of the
Duchy of Silesia, then part of the
Kingdom of Poland. In 1335, the
duchies were
ceded to the
Kingdom of
Bohemia under...
-
approved the
civil list and left the
duchies in
possession of the
royal family.
Parliament debated the two
duchies'
ownership multiple times, including...
-
duchies and prin****lities,
while recognizing others as
grand duchies. As a result, the 19th
century saw the
creation of a new
group of
grand duchies...
-
opportunity to
unify the two
duchies in 1826 was missed.
After the
Staatsgrundgesetz (House laws) of 1852, the
duchies were
bound in a
political and...
- The
Duchy of
Cornwall (Cornish:
Duketh Kernow) is one of two
royal duchies in England, the
other being the
Duchy of Lancaster. The
eldest son of the reigning...
