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Separate reports are published for the two duchies which are described on their respective websites as private estates.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Each own vast amounts of property through duchies that generate millions in profit.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

In the 16th century rulers across Europe introduced new laws to make sorcery punishable by death—and the trials moved from ecclesiastical to secular courts, such as in duchies and towns.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

“Stuff like having fewer people on the balcony — it’s all around the edges. The Sovereign Grant and the duchies are the meat of the issue.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

While Louis the Child lived the German dukes were virtually kings in their duchies, and their natural tendency was to make themselves absolute rulers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various