dukes

Later, the Dukes of Burgundy appropriated the land and vines were revived by medieval monks.

Later still, for the same reason, when he was making his hierarchy stronger, he created him one of his new Dukes.

It is there called a "prie-dieu," and is said to have belonged to the Dukes of Savoy, but the size is very unusual for such a use.

The Dukes set an example of extravagance which was followed by the Barons who surrounded them, and also by the rich bourgeois.

Ruggiero the elder was so highly valued by the Medici that the two dukes, Cosmo and Lorenzo, stood godfathers to his two sons.

Nor were the nobles more inclined to exchange the bishops for other rulers, especially if these were to be the Dukes of Burgundy.