archduchy

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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
The territority (principality) of an archduke
The territory of an archduke or archduchess
the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
An archduchy
archdukedom
archduchy

    Hyphenation

    arch·du·chy

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From French archiduché, from Middle French, itself from archi- 'arch-' (from Latin archi-) + duché 'duchy, dukedom' (from Latin dux 'leader, commander, duke')
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