archduchy
Americannoun
plural
archduchiesnoun
Etymology
Origin of archduchy
1670–80; arch- 1 + duchy, modeled on French archeduché (now archiduché )
Example Sentences
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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.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
Death of Ferdinand I; Maximilian II succeeds in the German empire, the archduchy of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John
He was the sole possessor of the archduchy of Austria, King of Bohemia and of Hungary, and Emperor of Germany.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The eldest, Maximilian, inherited the archduchy of Austria and the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary, of course inheriting, with Hungary, prospective war with the Turks.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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