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What is called principality in Germany, grandeeship in Spain, is called peerage in England and France.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

The Sergeant also did not love his grandeeship, the Duke of Rianzares.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Thus Prim calls himself almost invariably the Conde de Reus, though his grandeeship came with his investiture as marquis.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John