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The Archduke was the principal commander of Austrian forces in the War of 1809, in which Napoleon in fact had a lesseffective army than previously so many of the Emperor's good troops were busy in Spain.
Karl von Habsburg elena maria vidal 2009
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So if I'd called The Archduke what I needed to call it my personal jinx Beth would have understood, despite the way she and I ended.
A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001
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One fine quality in the Archduke was his fearlessness.
Im Weltkriege. English Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz 1902
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The Archduke was a firm partisan of the Great-Austria programme.
Im Weltkriege. English Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz 1902
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One of these rumours, which is still obstinately kept up, was to the effect that the Archduke was a fanatic for war and looked upon war as
Im Weltkriege. English Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz 1902
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The Archduke was a "good hater"; he did not easily forget, and woe betide those upon whom he vented his hatred.
Im Weltkriege. English Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz 1902
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But when a democratic cabin-boy one day turned and told him to stow his Hapsburg lip, the beautiful ex-opera-dancer burst out laughing, and Johann agreed in future to be called Archduke only on Sundays.
Essays in Rebellion Henry W. Nevinson 1900
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The Archduke is the cause of the dispute concerning the act.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1614-17 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The proposition of abstention on the part of the Archduke was a delusion intended only to keep France out of the field.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1610b John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The Archduke is the cause of the dispute concerning the act.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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