Currently, there are two duchies in England; the royal Duchy of Lancaster and the royal Duchy of Cornwall. Unlike historic duchies in England, these are no longer...
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of Limburg Duchy of Livonia Duchy of Vasconia Duchy of Pakualaman Duchy of Mangkunegaran Constitutional status of Cornwall Duchies in England Underland...
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The Duchy of Cornwall (Cornish: Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning...
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approved the civil list and left the duchies in possession of the royal family. The Parliament debated the two duchies' ownership multiple times, including...
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nobility Dukes in the United Kingdom List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom Duchies in England...
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suggest he was brought up predominantly in England, while Judith Green argues he was initially brought up in the Duchy. He was probably educated by the Church...
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 and after. Duchies in England Category:Coats_of_Arms_of_UK_Dukes List of Marquessates List of Earldoms...
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Scotland Solicitor General to the Duchy of Cornwall, one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster Solicitor General of...
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Duke (redirect from Royal duchy)
used until the end of the Carolingian dynasty in France in 987. The stem duchies were the constituent duchies of the kingdom of Germany at the time of the...
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in the United Kingdom List of dukedoms in the peerages of Britain and Ireland List of dukes in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Duchies in England...
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office-bearers in Germany Voivode or Count palatine, a governor in Poland The holder of a county palatine, northern counties/duchies in England Palatine, County...
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (redirect from Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)
matters and questions that involve both Duchies. For both duchies, however, there was a Ministry of State in Gotha but Coburg and Gotha had their own...
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crown in exchange for a generous pension, which he used to fund construction projects in the duchies. On his death on 23 February 1766 the duchies passed...
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confirmed in the inheritance of Guelders in 1379, and from 1393 onwards held both duchies in personal union (in Guelders as William I, and in Jülich as...
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who became king of England in 1154. In 1202, Philip II of France declared Normandy forfeit to him and seized it by force of arms in 1204. It remained disputed...
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partition of Verdun in 843 and soon reappeared as a duchy under it. In 1153, an enlarged Aquitaine pledged loyalty to the Angevin kings of England. As a result...
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married Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. The Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy remained in personal union until John Lackland, Henry II's son and...
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Henry Curtmantle,[why?] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William I (of England))
William's two monasteries in Caen, a remarkable expansion of religious life in the duchy. In 1051 the childless King Edward of England appears to have chosen...
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of Münster in the east and the Duchy of Brabant in the west. Its history is closely related to that of its southern neighbours: the Duchies of Jülich and...
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supported by England and France. The independent sovereign nature of the Duchy began to come to an end upon the death of Francis II in 1488. The Duchy was inherited...
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part of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Its territory lies in present-day Germany (part of North Rhine-Westphalia) and in the present-day Netherlands...
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The Duchy of Burgundy (/ˈbɜːrɡəndi/; Latin: Ducatus Burgundiae; French: Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the...
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Court of Justice, who sits in the north west of England, and is no longer appointed to that position as legal officer of the Duchy. Under the Promissory Oaths...
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to the merger in personal union with the Duchy of Aquitaine to the later period as a dependency of the Plantagenet kings of England. In the Hundred Years'...
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Touraine, and to the north of Blois was the Duchy of Normandy, from which William the Conqueror had conquered England in 1066. William's children were still fighting...
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a Joyous Entry (charter of liberty) to the subjects of Brabant. In 1430 the Duchies of Lower Lotharingia, Brabant and Limburg were inherited by Philip...
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running high. In 1451, the Duchy of Aquitaine, held by England since Henry II's time, was also lost. In October 1452, an English advance in Aquitaine retook...
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German stem duchies of East Francia; Duke Henry the Fowler was elected German king in 919. Upon the deposition of the Welf duke Henry the Lion in 1180, the...
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