Duchy | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/12/2018

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Duchy


00:02:03 1 Examples
00:06:11 2 List of grand duchies
00:06:20 2.1 Current
00:06:31 2.2 Historical
00:07:07 3 List of duchies
00:07:16 3.1 Anatolia
00:07:49 3.2 Baltic States
00:08:08 3.3 Croatia
00:08:25 3.4 Denmark
00:08:39 3.5 England
00:08:52 3.6 France
00:09:15 3.7 Georgia
00:09:33 3.8 Naples
00:09:47 3.9 Papal States (Holy See)
00:10:05 3.10 Poland
00:10:17 3.11 Roman Empire
00:12:13 3.12 Spain
00:12:23 3.13 Sweden
00:12:59 3.14 Other current or historical duchies
00:13:27 4 See also
00:13:43 4.1 Fictional duchies
00:14:49 4.2 Fictional grand duchies



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SUMMARY
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A duchy is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. The term is used almost exclusively in Europe, where in the present day there is no sovereign duchy  (i.e. with the status of a nation state) left.
The term "duke" (like the corresponding "duchy") should not be confused with the title Grand Duke (or Grand Duchy, such as the present-day Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), as there exists a significant difference of rank between the two.
In common European cultural heritage, a grand duke is the third highest monarchic rank, after emperor and king. Its synonym in many Slavic and Baltic European languages (Russian, Lithuanian, etc.) is translated as Grand Prince, whereas most Germanic and Romance European languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian etc.) use expressions corresponding to Grand Duke. Unlike a duke, the sovereign grand duke is considered royalty (or in German, 'royal nobility', Königsadel). The proper form of address for a grand duke is His Royal Highness (HRH), whereas for a non-royal duke in the United Kingdom it is His Grace.
In contrast to this, the rank of a duke differs from one country to the next. In Germany, for example, a duke is listed in the aristocratic hierarchy below an emperor (Kaiser), king (König), grand duke (Großherzog), and elector (Kurfürst)– in that order – whereas in Britain the duke comes third after king/queen and prince (there are no British grand dukes or electors).In all countries, there existed an important difference between "sovereign dukes" and dukes subordinate to a king or emperor. Some historic duchies were sovereign in areas that would become part of nation-states only during the modern era, such as Germany (a federal empire) and Italy (a unified kingdom). In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that had unified either partially or completely during the medieval era, such as France, Spain, Sicily, Naples, and the Papal States. In England, the term is used in respect of non-territorial entities.