Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The territory over which an archduke or an archduchess has authority.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The territory or rank of an archduke or archduchess.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The territority (principality) of an
archduke - noun The archduchies Austria and Brabant (as well as its rival Gelre) claimed this rare, primordial vassalitic rank as the successors to the former Carolingian kingdom and first archduchy Lotharingia (the name later became Lorraine), which had been divided in an Upper - and a Lower dukedom within the Holy Roman Empire
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- noun the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
Etymologies
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Examples
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The original archduchy, which included Upper Austria, is the nucleus of the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Austria, which had been solemnly created an archduchy by the emperor Frederick in 1453, was claimed by the three remaining Habsburg princes, and lower Austria was secured by Frederick, while Albert obtained upper Austria.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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[Sidenote: Austria created an archduchy.] were equally unfortunate under the rule of Frederick and Albert; and the death of Ladislaus led to still further complications.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Emperor, and three years later had conquered the valuable archduchy of
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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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.
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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* -- In 1519 Maximilian I. was succeeded in the archduchy of Austria, as well as in the Imperial office, by his grandson Charles of Spain, known thenceforth as the
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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The second was the transportation of “the Palatines,” expatriated by stress of persecution and war, not from the Rhenish Palatinate only, but from the archduchy of Salzburg and from other parts of Germany and Switzerland, gathered up and removed to America, some of them directly, some by way of
A History of American Christianity 1830-1907 1897
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Death of Ferdinand I; Maximilian II succeeds in the German empire, the archduchy of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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He lacked energy, neglected the empire, and busied himself in enlarging his Austrian domains, which he erected into an _archduchy_ (1453).
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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Palatinate only, but from the archduchy of Salzburg and from other parts of Germany and Switzerland, gathered up and removed to America, some of them directly, some by way of England, as an act of political charity by
A History of American Christianity Leonard Woolsey Bacon 1868
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