archduchy
Americannoun
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archduchies
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noun
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Origin of archduchy
1670–80; arch- 1 + duchy, modeled on French archeduché (now archiduché )
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The revenues of the archduchy were some four millions of dollars.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Death of Ferdinand I; Maximilian II succeeds in the German empire, the archduchy of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd
He was the sole possessor of the archduchy of Austria, King of Bohemia and of Hungary, and Emperor of Germany.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
In 1453 the duchy was raised to the rank of an archduchy, and later in the century the Emperor Maximilian I. entertained plans for the establishment of an Austrian electorate, or even an Austrian kingdom.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
In April 1521 Charles invested his brother Ferdinand, afterwards the emperor Ferdinand I., with the Austrian archduchies, and soon afterwards he left Germany to renew his long struggle with Francis I. of France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
On assuming the government of Styria he set to work to extirpate Protestantism, which had made considerable progress in the Austrian archduchies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
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