archduchy

[ ahrch-duhch-ee ]

noun

, plural arch·duch·ies.

1. the domain of an archduke or an archduchess.

archduchy

/ ˈɑːtʃˈdʌtʃɪ /

noun

1. the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess

Word History and Origins

Origin of archduchy¹

1670–80; arch- ¹ + duchy, modeled on French archeduché (now archiduché )

Example Sentences

Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

From Project Gutenberg

In April 1521 Charles invested his brother Ferdinand, afterwards the emperor Ferdinand I., with the Austrian archduchies, and soon afterwards he left Germany to renew his long struggle with Francis I. of France.

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Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia, Illyria and Dalmatia; one archduchy, Austria; one principality, Transylvania; one duchy, Styria; one margraviate, Moravia, and one county, Tyrol.

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In 1453 the Emperor Frederick III, a member of this House, had conferred upon the country the rank of an archduchy before he himself became ruler of all Austria.

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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.

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