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Principality of Moscow (4,760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Principality of Moscow or Grand Duchy of Moscow (Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye), also known simply

Grand Duchy of Lithuania (11,466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to

Duchy of Burgundy (4,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Burgundy emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had

Grand Duchy of Finland (4,904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Finland, officially and also translated as the Grand Principality of Finland, was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed

Grand Duchy of Tuscany (7,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions,

Papal States (5,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pope would be temporal sovereign: the Duchy of Rome, Ravenna, the Duchy of the Pentapolis, parts of the Duchy of Benevento, Tuscany, Corsica, Lombardy

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (16,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Duchy of Savoy (2,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Savoy (Italian: Ducato di Savoia; French: Duché de Savoie) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847

Duchy of Milan (2,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Milan (Italian: Ducato di Milano; Lombard: Ducaa de Milan) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor

Habsburg monarchy (3,838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

Duchy of Normandy (3,980 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy was

Kievan Rus' (12,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Belarus, fell to the Gediminids, the powerful, largely Ruthenized Grand Duchy of Lithuania drew heavily on the cultural and legal traditions of the Rus'

Duchy of Nassau (7,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Nassau (German: Herzogtum Nassau) was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate

Duchy of Saxony (3,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Saxony (Low German: Hartogdom Sassen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued

Kingdom of Naples (3,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Naples, which was the capital of the Duchy of Naples since the 7th century, surrendered to Roger II of Sicily in 1137

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (4,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was able to marry his son Roman to Gertrude of Babenberg, heiress of the Duchy of Austria, in the vain hope of securing the latter for his family. Another

Burgundy (2,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

culture that set the fashion for European royal houses and their court. The Duchy of Burgundy was a key in the transformation of the Middle Ages towards early

Republic of Genoa (6,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Genoa in 1458 handed the Republic over to the French, making it the Duchy of Genoa under the control of John of Anjou, a French royal governor. However

Kingdom of Sicily (5,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Archipelago, which was conquered from the Arabs of the Emirates of Sicily; the Duchy of Apulia and the County of Sicily, which had belonged to his cousin William II

Republic of Florence (5,778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

declared Cosimo the first grand duke of Tuscany. The Medici ruled the Grand Duchy of Tuscany until 1737. The city of Florence was established in 59 BC by

Vladimir-Suzdal (2,420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chose to remain in their own cities rather than move to Vladimir. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually came to eclipse its rivals. When the metropolitan of

Odoacer (6,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Roman Kingdom (4,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of Lancaster (3,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Lancaster is an estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came

Mecklenburg (1,935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1815, the two Mecklenburgian duchies were raised to Grand Duchies, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and

Swabia (2,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of the German stem duchies, representing the historic settlement area of the Germanic

List of Bohemian monarchs (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1198. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings beforehand

Normans (8,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the former Lombard Duchy of Milan, which had been ruled by the Habsburg monarchy since 1714 and together with the adjacent Duchy of Mantua by the Austrian

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) (2,920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of the territories of the Italian Republic: the former Duchy of Milan, Duchy of Mantua, Duchy of Modena, the western part of the Republic of Venice, part

Normans (8,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the former Lombard Duchy of Milan, which had been ruled by the Habsburg monarchy since 1714 and together with the adjacent Duchy of Mantua by the Austrian

History of Luxembourg (6,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Revolutionary France, the 1815 Vienna Congress transformed Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy in personal union with the Netherlands. The treaty also resulted in the

List of historical states of Italy (2,172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Principality of Monaco Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Ferrara Duchy of Modena and Reggio (In personal union with Ferrara) Duchy of Parma and Piacenza Duchy of Castro (in

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (5,939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sicily with the southern part of the Italian Peninsula (then known as the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria) as well as with the Maltese Islands. The capital

Kingdom of Etruria (679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

had to cede his duchy to France, and in return his son Louis I was granted the Kingdom of Etruria (which was created from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany). Shortly

History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (6,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Polish rulers was forfeited, and the state reverted to the status of a duchy. Duke Casimir's son Bolesław II the Bold revived the military assertiveness

Cosimo I de' Medici (2,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a title he held until his death. Cosimo I succeeded his cousin to the duchy. He built the Uffizi (office) to organize his administration, and conquered

Kingdom of Sardinia (6,277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Two Sicilies After the annexation of Lombardy, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Emilian Duchies and Pope's Romagna. 1861: Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom

Duchy of Athens (1,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest

Carolingian Empire (7,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grandson of Emperor Louis II. The other part of Lotharingia became the duchy of Burgundy. The study of demographics in the early Middle Ages is a notably

Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) (4,607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

invaded the Lombard kingdom, which encompassed all of Italy except the Duchy of Rome, the Republic of Venice and the Byzantine possessions in the south

Republic of Pisa (1,600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

German Confederation (7,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

compensation for the loss of part of the province of Luxemburg to Belgium, the Duchy of Limburg was created and became a member of the German Confederation (held

List of Prussian monarchs (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader

Jin dynasty (266–420) (3,518 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The Jin dynasty or Jin Empire, sometimes distinguished as the Sima Jin or the Two Jins, was an imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420.

Lorraine (3,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of this kingdom, came to be ruled by the Holy Roman Empire as the Duchy of Lorraine before the Kingdom of France annexed it in 1766. From 1982 until

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (2,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

European royal house. It takes its name from its oldest domain, the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and its members later sat on the thrones of Belgium

Electorate of Saxony (6,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brandenburg-Prussia. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an electorate, a territory whose ruler was one of the

Congress of Vienna (6,861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of the former Duchy of Warsaw. Austria gained much of northern Italy. Russia added the central and eastern parts of the Duchy of Warsaw. All agreed

Duke of Burgundy (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Burgundy (French: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by the French

King of Italy (2,325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

authority over much of Italy, except the Exarchate of Ravenna and the duchies of Rome, Venetia, Naples and the southernmost portions. In the 8th century

Etruscan civilization (11,980 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Ostrogothic Kingdom (4,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of Benevento (1,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principality of Benevento) was the southernmost Lombard duchy in the Italian Peninsula that was centred on Benevento

Duke of Normandy (2,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France. The duchy arose out of a grant of land to the Viking leader

Upper Bavaria (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between this duchy and the current territory. After the reunification in 1340 Bavaria was divided again in 1349, and in 1392 the duchies Bavaria-Munich

History of Italy (21,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spread into the Papal States, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Modena and the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. The revolutionaries

Savoy (3,312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

départements, but the historical expansion of Savoyard territories, as the Duchy of Savoy (1416–1860) included parts of what is now western Italy and southwestern

Kingdom of the Lombards (7,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ravenna and Duchy of Rome separated the northern Lombard duchies, collectively known as Langobardia Maior, from the two large southern duchies of Spoleto

Lotharingia (1,734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Reginar on August 13, 900. The kingdom then ceased to exist and became a duchy. The young king of East Francia Louis the Child appointed Gebhard to be

United Baltic Duchy (1,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The United Baltic Duchy (German: Vereinigtes Baltisches Herzogtum; Latvian: Apvienotā Baltijas hercogiste; Estonian: Balti Hertsogiriik), or alternatively

Archduchy of Austria (1,258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

archduchy developed out of the Bavarian Margraviate of Austria, elevated to the Duchy of Austria according to the 1156 Privilegium Minus by Emperor Frederick

House of Medici (7,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Florence. In 1569, the duchy was elevated to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany after territorial expansion. The Medici ruled the Grand Duchy from its inception under

King of Rome (2,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Holstein (2,364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

German County of Holstein (German: Grafschaft Holstein; 811–1474), the later Duchy of Holstein (German: Herzogtum Holstein; 1474–1866), and was the northernmost

Holstein (2,364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

German County of Holstein (German: Grafschaft Holstein; 811–1474), the later Duchy of Holstein (German: Herzogtum Holstein; 1474–1866), and was the northernmost

Roman Empire (28,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of Pomerania (10,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania (German: Herzogtum Pommern; Polish: Księstwo pomorskie; Latin: Ducatus Pomeraniae) was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast

Lower Austria (1,351 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌ(ʔ)øːstɐraɪç] , abbreviated LA or NÖ; Bavarian: Niedaöstareich; Slovak: Dolné Rakúsko [ˈdɔlnɛː

County of Apulia and Calabria (902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Comitatus Apuliae et Calabriae), later the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria (Latin: Ducatus Apuliae et Calabriae), was a Norman

Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law (1,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Austrian Empire Duchy of Brunswick Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duchy of Nassau Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Duchy of Saxe-Coburg

Duchy of Aquitaine (2,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA: [dyˈkad dakiˈtaɲɔ]; French: Duché d'Aquitaine, IPA: [dyʃe dakitɛn]) was a historical fiefdom

Westphalia (1,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territories of different sizes such as the western part of the ancient Duchy of Saxony, the Duchy of Westphalia or the Kingdom of Westphalia. The Westphalian language

History of Pomerania (9,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Holy Roman Empire and Poland. From the late 12th century, the Griffin Duchy of Pomerania stayed with the Holy Roman Empire and the Principality of Rügen

List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes (1,720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania. The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th

Slavs in Lower Pannonia (4,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Friuli was divided into four counties. One of them probably was early Duchy of Croatia (which also expanded upon the territory of Sisak) while Pannonia

History of Lithuania (21,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century (and also a short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania). The Grand Duchy was a successful and lasting

Grand Duchy of Posen (3,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Posen (German: Großherzogtum Posen; Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories

Roman Italy (2,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Saxons (8,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Old" Saxony (Latin: Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. The political history of these

Duchy of Teschen (2,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Teschen (German: Herzogtum Teschen), also Duchy of Cieszyn (Polish: Księstwo Cieszyńskie) or Duchy of Těšín (Czech: Těšínské knížectví),

Free Territory of Trieste (2,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Lower Bavaria (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Donaudurchbruch at Weltenburg and the Bavarian Forest with Mount Großer Arber. The Duchy of Lower Bavaria was created for the first time with the First Bavarian

Kingdom of Italy (19,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

several regions, including former Austrian Littoral, western parts of former Duchy of Carniola, Northern Dalmatia and notably Zara, Šibenik and most of the

Republic of Siena (2,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Black Death, and political instability led to its absorption by the rival Duchy of Florence during the Italian War of 1551–1559. Despite resisting for 18

Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of Spoleto (1,397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

42°44′N 12°44′E / 42.733°N 12.733°E / 42.733; 12.733 The Duchy of Spoleto (Latin: Ducatus Spolitanorum) was a Lombard territory founded about 570 in

War of the Polish Succession (3,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

isolated Habsburg territories. In the Rhineland, France successfully took the Duchy of Lorraine, and in Italy, Spain regained control over the kingdoms of Naples

Alamannia (2,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centuries, Alamannia lost its independence in the late 5th century and became a duchy of the Frankish Empire in the 6th century. As the Holy Roman Empire started

Byzantine Empire (26,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of Bar (1,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the pays de Barrois and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc

Terra Mariana (2,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William of Modena divided Terra Mariana into feudal principalities: the Duchy of Estonia (dominum directum to the king of Denmark); the Archbishopric

Duchy of Livonia (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Livonia, also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia, was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Duchy of Rome (1,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Rome (Latin: Ducatus Romanus) was a state within the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna. Like other Byzantine states in Italy, it was ruled by

Exarchate of Ravenna (2,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

italics. These districts gradually evolved into increasingly autonomous duchies. Starting from the second half of the 7th century, the autonomist tendencies

Duchy of Ferrara (1,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Ferrara (Latin: Ducatus Ferrariensis; Italian: Ducato di Ferrara; Emilian: Ducà ad Frara) was a state in what is now northern Italy. It consisted

History of Belarus (5,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mongol invasions of the 13th century, these lands were absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later was merged into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Exarchate of Africa (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Exarchate of Africa (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Second Italian War of Independence (2,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Austria from Italy in return for territorial compensation in the form of the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice. The two states signed a military alliance

Saxe-Weimar (1,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Saxe-Weimar (German: Sachsen-Weimar) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief

Vandal Kingdom (4,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

House of Bourbon (10,884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to 1735, 1748–1802 and 1847–1859, the Kingdom of Etruria 1802–1807 and Duchy of Lucca 1814–1847. Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg married Prince

Ancient Rome (21,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

House of Hanover (2,932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Prince Consort. The last reigning members of the House of Hanover lost the Duchy of Brunswick in 1918 when Germany became a republic and abolished royalty

Świdnica (1,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

survived that would confirm this fact. The town belonged at the time to the Duchy of Wrocław, a province of Poland. By 1290, Świdnica had city walls and six

District of Duchy of Lauenburg (1,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Lauenburg (German: Herzogtum Lauenburg; German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁt͡soːktuːm ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk] ) is the southernmost Kreis, or district, officially

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In 1738, he left the Duchy of Lorraine and Bar for the deposed Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński in exchange for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, as one of

Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1,922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(German: Fürstentum Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whose history was characterised by numerous divisions

Roman Republic (1849–1850) (2,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

List of wars involving Poland (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Milan were under direct Austrian rule. Also encompassed many other Italian states, as well as other Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchy of

Lithuanian nobility (5,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Lithuanian nobility or szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: bajorija, šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was

North German Confederation Treaty (830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duchy of Hesse (northern parts only) Principality of Reuss-Greiz Duchy of

House of Ascania (2,006 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about 1260, the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg emerged under the Ascanian duke Albert II, who adopted the tradition of the Saxon stem duchy and was granted

Principality of Rügen (2,903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Principality of Rügen was a Danish principality, formerly a duchy, consisting of the island of Rügen and the adjacent mainland from 1168 until 1325

Duchy of Massa and Carrara (1,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Massa and Principality of Carrara (Italian: Ducato di Massa e Principato di Carrara) was a small state that controlled the towns of Massa

State of the Teutonic Order (5,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1559, and was finally secularised and split into the Duchy of Courland and Semigalia, as well as the Duchy of Livonia

Low Countries (2,488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Countries as opposed to les pays de par delà ("the lands over there") for the Duchy of Burgundy and the Free County of Burgundy, which were part of their realm

County of Savoy (772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The extended Savoy lands were finally raised to a duchy in 1416 by the German king Sigismund (see Duchy of Savoy 1416–1718). Humbert I the White-Handed:

Grand Duchy of Hesse–United States relations (580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Hesse and the United States began relations in 1829 with mutual recognition going through expansion in 1868 when the Duchy joined the

Principality of Polotsk (1,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

romanized: Polackaje kniastva; Latin: Polocensis Ducatus), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus', was a medieval principality. The origin and

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin–United States relations (454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the United States mutually recognized each other in 1816, but formal relations were never established. Relations

Oliver Dowden (3,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Lancaster from 2022 to 2024, After the 2024 General Election he served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy

Capetian dynasty (8,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

not under that law such as Portugal, Spain, Navarre, and various smaller duchies and counties. Therefore, many royal families appear and disappear in the

Grand Duchy of Baden–United States relations (538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Baden and the United States began relations in 1832 going through expansion in 1868 when the Duchy joined the German Empire in 1871

Catepanate of Italy (875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

List of Bavarian monarchs (1,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duchy instead to Welf I, a member of the Italo-Bavarian family of Este. Welf I subsequently quarreled with King Henry and was deprived of his duchy for

Austrian Silesia (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Austrian Silesia, officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from

Italian Republic (Napoleonic) (1,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Roman Republic (1798–1799) (806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the French Revolutionary Wars. After the creation of the First Coalition (Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, Dutch Republic, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Great

Western Roman Empire (17,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Duchy of the Archipelago (1,640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of the Archipelago (Greek: Δουκάτο του Αρχιπελάγους, Italian: Ducato dell'arcipelago), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was

List of former sovereign states (8,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1199–1349) Duchy of Bytom (1281–1498) Duchy of Silesia (1138–1335) Duchy of Opole (1172–1202, 1281–1532) Duchy of Racibórz (1172–1202, 1281–1521) Duchy of Opole

Livonia (4,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

George's Night Uprising of 1343-1345, which forced Denmark to sell the Duchy of Estonia (northern Estonia conquered by Denmark in the 13th century) to

List of Neapolitan monarchs (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Congress Poland (4,238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It was established when the French ceded a part of Polish territory

Feudalism (6,570 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

England or Italy or in Germany in the same period or later: Counties and duchies began to break down into smaller holdings as castellans and lesser seigneurs

Austrian Silesia (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Austrian Silesia, officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from

List of former sovereign states (8,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1199–1349) Duchy of Bytom (1281–1498) Duchy of Silesia (1138–1335) Duchy of Opole (1172–1202, 1281–1532) Duchy of Racibórz (1172–1202, 1281–1521) Duchy of Opole

List of Neapolitan monarchs (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Luxembourg (Belgium) (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Arlon, in the south-east of the province, near the border of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It has an area of 4,459 km2 (1,722 sq mi), making it the

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg–United States relations (456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and the United States began relations in 1848 with mutual recognition but both countries never established formal relations

Duke of Silesia (1,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

developments lead to further splintering of the duchies. At the beginning of the 14th century, fourteen independent Duchies existed in Silesia: Brzeg, Wrocław, Świdnica

Duchy of Nassau–United States relations (406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Nassau and the United States' mutual recognition occurred in 1846 when the two states signed a convention to abolish emigration taxes. During

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg–United States relations (474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Oldenburg and the United States began mutual recognition in 1829 but never established formal relations. Relations continued when the Duchy joined

List of grand dukes of Tuscany (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

had been ruling the Florentine Republic, the predecessor of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, since 1434, first as Lords of Florence and later as Dukes. The

House of Gonzaga (1,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy). They also ruled Monferrato in Piedmont and Nevers in France, as well as

Duchy of Pomerania-Stolp (1,875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Stolp, also known as the Duchy of Stolp, and the Duchy of Słupsk, was a feudal duchy in Farther Pomerania. Its capital was Słupsk

Brandenburg–Prussia (7,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

main branch of the Hohenzollern intermarried with the branch ruling the Duchy of Prussia, and secured succession upon the latter's extinction in the male

Pomerania-Stettin (451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin, also known as the Duchy of Stettin, and the Duchy of Szczecin, was a feudal duchy in Farther Pomerania within the Holy

Swedish Livonia (722 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

region), represented the conquest of the major part of the Polish-Lithuanian Duchy of Livonia during the 1600–1629 Polish-Swedish War. Parts of Livonia and

House of Normandy (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

originating from the Duchy of Normandy. The House of Normandy's lineage began with the Scandinavian Rollo who founded the Duchy of Normandy in 911. The

Monarchy of Luxembourg (943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Luxembourg. Luxembourg has been a grand duchy since 15 March 1815, when it was created from territory of the former Duchy of Luxembourg. It was in personal

Grand Duchy of Tuscany–United States relations (650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the United States formally recognized each other in 1794, but never formally established diplomatic relations. Despite

Duchy of Limburg (1,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of the area of the duchy is today located within Liège Province

Parthenopean Republic (1,506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

List of Sicilian monarchs (784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

House of Wittelsbach (7,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Duchy of Austria for the former and the Kingdom of Bohemia for the latter that allowed them to expand eastward. The Bavarian branch kept the Duchy of

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz–United States relations (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the United States mutually recognized each other in 1853, but never formally established diplomatic relations

Guyenne (670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Still united with Gascony, it formed a duchy extending from the Charente River to the Pyrenees mountains. This duchy was held as a fief on the terms of homage

House of Sforza (1,015 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

based in Milan. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th

Principality of Capua (1,441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roman city of the south. It was the centre of Lombard gastaldate in the duchy of Benevento, although little is known of this part of its history. It first

List of kings of the Lombards (445 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Ivrea (1,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Ivrea became the seat of a duchy under the Lombards (6th-8th centuries). Under the Franks (9th century),

Treaties of Tilsit (1,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were formalized and recognized at Tilsit: the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Duchy of Warsaw and the Free City of Danzig; the other ceded territories were

House of Bourbon-Parma (977 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Princes/Princesses" and the predicate of Royal Highness. The Duchy of Parma was created in 1545 from that part of the Duchy of Milan south of the Po River, as a fief for

Gascony (1,992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Tuscany, and his wife, Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. Being the Grand Duchy a secundogeniture, when his father was elected Emperor of the Holy Roman

Vardar Macedonia (735 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vardar Macedonia (Macedonian and Serbian: Вардарска Македонија, Vardarska Makedonija) was the name given to the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia (1912–1918)

Duchy of Lucca (1,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Lucca (Italian: Ducato di Lucca) was a small Italian state existing from 1815 to 1847. It was centered on the city of Lucca. The Duchy was

Principality of Salerno (1,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

including Salerno itself, and controlled mostly the western half of the old duchy. The principality did not enjoy stability in its early years. In 851, Siconulf

Administrative divisions of Lithuania (2,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the new ruler's domain or granted to members of his family. As the Grand Duchy of Lithuania expanded into Slavic lands, title to the acquired principalities

Brest, Belarus (5,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

principalities of Kievan Rus', and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From the Late Middle Ages, the city was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later became

Pomerania-Wolgast (544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy

Muslim Sicily (5,685 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania (738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania was partitioned several times to satisfy the claims of the male members of the ruling House of Pomerania dynasty. The partitions

March of Tuscany (863 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lucca. The march was a Carolingian creation, a successor of the Lombard Duchy of Tuscia. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Tuscia from 568 had

House of Farnese (1,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

under Duke Ranuccio II (1630–94) was one of the most splendid in Italy. The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza continued to be ruled by the Farnese until the 17th

Pomerania-Wolgast (544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy

Brest, Belarus (5,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

principalities of Kievan Rus', and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. From the Late Middle Ages, the city was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which later became

Kuyavia (1,957 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the "Diocese of Cuiavia-Kalisz" from 1818 to 1925. The capital of this Duchy, and - from the late 14th century - the residences of the Voivode governors

Grand duke (2,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (officially simply the Grand Duchy of Saxony) – grand duchies from 1815 to 1918, and all now part of Germany formerly also

March of Montferrat (597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

state of the Holy Roman Empire. The margraviate was raised to become the Duchy of Montferrat in 1574. Originally part of the March of Western Liguria (Marca

Ardennes (2,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

eastern part of the Ardennes forms the northernmost third of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, also called "Éislek" (German: Oesling). On the southeast

County of Sicily (658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guiscard left Roger in an ambiguous relationship with his successors of the Duchy of Apulia and Calabria. After the death of Robert in 1085, Roger I obtained

Nancy, France (4,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and

Livonian Order (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lands he created the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia for his family. Most of the remaining lands were seized by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The north

Praetorian prefecture of Italy (770 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Northern War of 1655–1660 (5,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Swedish advance became known in Poland as the Swedish Deluge. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania became a Swedish protectorate, the Polish–Lithuanian regular

Duchy of Gaeta (1,939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Gaeta (Latin: Ducatus Caietae) was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta. It began in the early ninth

Central Italy (2,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Tuscany was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860 and replaced the Republic of Florence. The grand duchy's

Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (2,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

larger Catholic diocese founded in 739 by Saint Boniface in the German stem duchy of Bavaria. The capital of the archbishopric was Salzburg, the former Roman

Province of Hesse-Nassau (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hesse-Cassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria, and areas gained from the Grand Duchy of Hesse (including

Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) (980 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Ernestine duchies (2,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ernestine duchies (German: Ernestinische Herzogtümer), also known as the Saxon duchies (Sächsische Herzogtümer, although the Albertine appanage duchies of Weissenfels

Coat of arms of Lithuania (16,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The once powerful and vast Lithuanian state, first as Duchy, then Kingdom, and finally Grand Duchy was created by the initially pagan Lithuanians, in reaction

Curonian colonisation (466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia), a vassal duchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Small, but wealthy, the Duchy took

Seventeen Provinces (1,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dutch Republic. After the Habsburg emperor Charles V had re-acquired the Duchy of Guelders from Duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by the 1543 Treaty of

Carniola (2,689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

47% of the population of Slovenia lived within the borders of the former Duchy of Carniola. The March of Carniola was a state of the Holy Roman Empire

Duchies of Silesia (1,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchies of Silesia were the more than twenty divisions of the region of Silesia formed between the 12th and 14th centuries by the breakup of the Duchy

Józef Poniatowski (4,498 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exiled him until 1798. In 1807, after Napoleon Bonaparte established the Duchy of Warsaw, Józef Poniatowski was appointed the minister of war. He commanded

Savoyard state (683 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

From the Middle Ages, the state comprised the Duchy of Savoy, the Principality of Piedmont, the Duchy of Aosta, and the County of Nice, all of which

Pomerania-Demmin (197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin, also known as the Duchy of Demmin, and the Duchy of Dymin, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman

March of Verona (1,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it was held by the Dukes of Bavaria; from 976 in personal union with the Duchy of Carinthia. The margravial regime ended with the advent of the Lombard

Duchy of Estonia (1219–1346) (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The Duchy of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa hertsogkond, Danish: Hertugdømmet Estland Latin: Ducatus Estoniae), also known as Danish Estonia, was a direct

List of rulers of Saxony (986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918. The electors

Limburg (Netherlands) (5,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

lordship of the old Duchy did not overlap at all with the modern Belgian and Dutch provinces named after it today, though the medieval Duchy was a high status

Ruthenians (4,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Rutheni was used in medieval sources to describe Eastern Slavs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as an exonym for people of the former Kievan Rus', thus including

Belarusians (2,712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Grand Duchy of Lithuania, earlier Kievan Rus' and the Principality of Polotsk. Litvin was a term used to describe all residents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Principality of Taranto (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

younger brother Roger Borsa after a dispute over the succession to the Duchy of Apulia. Taranto became the capital of the principality, which covered

Corpus separatum (Fiume) (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Christianization of Bohemia (534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christianity was related to the establishment of a new state (first the Duchy of Bohemia, later the Kingdom of Bohemia), and was implemented from the

Western Pomerania (3,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

through the centuries as it belonged to various countries such as Poland, the Duchy of Pomerania (later part of the Holy Roman Empire), Denmark, Sweden, as

History of Latvia (15,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

divided into Polish-Lithuanian vassal states - Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Polish vassal) and the Duchy of Livonia (Lithuanian vassal). The seal of

Governorate of Livonia (5,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Governorate of Estonia and the Governorate of Livonia. The United Baltic Duchy was nominally recognised as a sovereign state by Wilhelm II on 22 September

Prissani (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Polish duke Bolesław III Wrymouth conquered the area along with the Duchy of Pomerania under Wartislaw I. The tribe was subsequently Christianized

Hesse (9,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

now Hesse comprised the territories of Grand Duchy of Hesse (also known as Hesse-Darmstadt), the Duchy of Nassau, the free city of Frankfurt and the

Austrian Empire (4,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Österreich ob der Enns) Duchy of Salzburg (Herzogtum Salzburg), 1815–1850 Salzach District (Salzachkreis) of Upper Austria Duchy of Styria (Herzogtum Steiermark)

Hesse (9,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

now Hesse comprised the territories of Grand Duchy of Hesse (also known as Hesse-Darmstadt), the Duchy of Nassau, the free city of Frankfurt and the

Highgrove House (4,009 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1980 by the Duchy of Cornwall from Maurice Macmillan. Charles III remodelled the Georgian house with neo-classical additions in 1987. The duchy manages the

Ruthenian Voivodeship (1,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

portion was transformed into the Ruthenian domain of the Crown, while the Duchy of Volhynia was held by Prince Lubart. With the death of Casimir III the

Pomerania-Demmin (197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin, also known as the Duchy of Demmin, and the Duchy of Dymin, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman

County of Tyrol (1,680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the suzerainty in the Etschtal and Inntal, part of the German stem duchy of Bavaria under the rule of Conrad's son Henry III. Especially the Brixen

Bremen-Verden (6,664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛɐ̯dən]; German: Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden), were two territories

Julian March (4,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Gradisca, Trieste and Istria), south-western portions of the former Duchy of Carniola, and the current Italian municipalities of Tarvisio, Pontebba

Duchy of Estonia (1219–1346) (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The Duchy of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa hertsogkond, Danish: Hertugdømmet Estland Latin: Ducatus Estoniae), also known as Danish Estonia, was a direct

Principality of Lucca and Piombino (408 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Treaty of Fontainebleau, her brother Napoleon created the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, with Elisa ruling as Grand Duchess of all Tuscany from Florence

Grand Duchy of Würzburg (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Würzburg (German: Großherzogtum Würzburg) was a German grand duchy centered on Würzburg existing in the early 19th century. As a consequence

Territories of the Holy Roman Empire outside the Imperial Circles (745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brzeg the Duchy of Głogów the Duchy of Żagań, held by the Saxon House of Wettin until 1549 the Duchy of Oleśnica the Duchy of Bierutów the Duchy of Ziębice

Touraine (495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

France regained Touraine. At this time, Touraine was made into a royal duchy. In 1429, Saint Joan of Arc had a historic meeting with the future King

Henry I of England (13,914 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

confirmed Henry as king. The peace was short-lived, and Henry invaded the Duchy of Normandy in 1105 and 1106, finally defeating Robert at the Battle of

William the Conqueror (13,218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William quashed a rebellion and began to establish his authority over the duchy, a process that was not complete until about 1060. His marriage in the 1050s

Peace of Raciążek (313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Raciążek was a treaty signed on 22 May 1404 between Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Teutonic Knights, regarding the control of the Dobrzyń

Spanish Netherlands (1,547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Succession. A common administration of the Netherlandish fiefs, centered in the Duchy of Brabant, already existed under the rule of the Burgundian Duke Philip

Duchy of Greater Poland (1,744 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Greater Poland was a district principality in Greater Poland that was a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland. It was formed in 1138 from the

Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp (209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Wolgast-Stolp, also known as the Duchy of Wolgast and Stolp, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz and Słupsk, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania

War of the League of Cognac (1,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Florence. Shocked by the defeat of the Kingdom

Llwynywermod (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

[ɬʊi̯n.ə.wɛr.mʊd]), also known as Llwynywormwood, is an estate owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, just outside the Brecon Beacons National Park in Carmarthenshire

Jutland (4,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

other hand, also comprises areas south of the Eider: Holstein, the former duchy of Lauenburg, and most of Hamburg and Lübeck. Jutland's geography is flat

Schleswig-Holstein (9,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other

Principality of Elba (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Congress of Vienna, sovereignty of the island was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Hicks 2014. McLynn, Frank (1998). Napoleon: A Biography. Pimlico

Samtskhe-Saatabago (2,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tbilisi Duchy of Tao Duchy of Klarjeti Bagrationi dynasty Kingdom of Hereti Kingdom of the Iberians Kingdom of Abkhazia Theme of Iberia Duchy of Kldekari

Pat McFadden (1,719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

March 1965) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has served

Province of Saxony (1,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ernestine duchies to the south. Its shape was very irregular and it entirely surrounded enclaves of Brunswick and some of the Ernestine duchies. It also

Babenberg (2,268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate

Treaty of Grimnitz (1,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Duchy of Pomerania. It renewed and amended the Treaty of Pyritz of 1493. With some formal caveats, the House of Pomerania received the Duchy of Pomerania

Duchy of Masovia (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Masovia was a district principality and a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland, existing during the Middle Ages. The state was centered in Mazovia

Pomerania-Rügenwalde (158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Pomerania-Rügenwalde, also known as the Duchy of Rügenwalde, and the Duchy of Darłowo, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the

Patria del Friuli (1,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

continued to be ruled for some time under its own laws and customs. The former Duchy of Friuli in the Italian Kingdom of the Lombards had been conquered by Charlemagne

Minister for the Cabinet Office (835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cabinet Office, and since February 2022, reports to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The position is currently the third highest ranking minister

Livonian War (7,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union (later Commonwealth) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland. From 1558 to 1578, Russia dominated

March of Ancona (469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

House of Griffin (2,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Polish: Gryfici, Danish: Grif; Latin: Gryphes) was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Duchy was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia. Adolphe became Duke of Nassau in August 1839, following the death of his father William. The Duchy was

Republic of Lucca (2,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

After several days of siege, the Republic of Lucca asked the Duchy of Milan for help. The Duchy sent Francesco I Sforza, who overwhelmed the Florentines with

Silesian Piasts (2,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

under Bohemian suzerenity: Duchy of Niemodlin, Duchy of Cieszyn, Duchy of Racibórz, Duchy of Koźle and Bytom and the Duchy of Oświęcim and Zator. In April

Treaty of Pyritz (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

House of Hohenzollern regarding the legal status and succession in the Duchy of Pomerania on 26 and 28 March 1493. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

Duke of Brabant (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Dutch: hertog van Brabant, French: duc de Brabant) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor

List of Italian flags (43 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1452–1830 1st Flag of The Duchy of Modena and Reggio A crowned white eagle on a blue field. 1473–1829 Flag of The Duchy of Massa and Carrara A White

Grand Duchy of Frankfurt (266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former

Christianization of Pomerania (2,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Slavic paganism to Christianity by Otto of Bamberg in 1124 and 1128 (Duchy of Pomerania), and in 1168 by Absalon (Principality of Rügen). Earlier attempts

County of Gorizia (927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

descendant of the Meinhardiner noble family with possessions around Lienz in the Duchy of Bavaria, is mentioned as a count as early as 1117. As a vogt official

Republic of Lucca (2,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

After several days of siege, the Republic of Lucca asked the Duchy of Milan for help. The Duchy sent Francesco I Sforza, who overwhelmed the Florentines with

County of Gorizia (927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

descendant of the Meinhardiner noble family with possessions around Lienz in the Duchy of Bavaria, is mentioned as a count as early as 1117. As a vogt official

House of Welf (2,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brunswick without recovering his two duchies. Bavaria had been given to Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, and the Duchy of Saxony was divided between the Archbishop

Principality of Svaneti (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kheladula, in the east. In the period of Georgian unity (1008–1463), it was a duchy (saeristavo) within the Bagratid kingdom of Georgia ruled first by the house

Duchy of Samogitia (905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

55°45′N 21°50′E / 55.750°N 21.833°E / 55.750; 21.833 The Duchy of Samogitia (Lithuanian: Žemaičių seniūnija, Samogitian: Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, Polish:

Duke of Brabant (964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Dutch: hertog van Brabant, French: duc de Brabant) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor

Kiev Voivodeship (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Kiev Simeon Olelkovich and transformation of the Duchy of Kiev (appanage duchy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) into the Voivodeship of Kiev. The voivodeship

Cross of Lorraine (1,642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Patriarchal cross with its bars near the top. The Cross of Lorraine came to the Duchy of Lorraine via the Kingdom of Hungary in the 15th century. Similar two-barred

DA module series (524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kauth and David C. Sutherland III, and typesetting by Kim N. Lindau. The Duchy of Ten (module DA4) was written by David J. Ritchie, with cover art by Clyde

Ludwig Order (189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(German: Großherzoglich Hessischer Ludwigsorden), was an order of the Grand Duchy of Hesse which was awarded to meritorious soldiers and civilians from 1807

Farther Pomerania (1,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Voivodeship. It is the part of Pomerania which comprised the eastern part of the Duchy and later Province of Pomerania. It stretched roughly from the Oder River

Capitulation of Franzburg (2,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Franzburger Kapitulation) was a treaty providing for the capitulation of the Duchy of Pomerania to the forces of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years'

List of German flags (301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden 1862–1891 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden 1855–1862 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden 1848–1855 Flag of Grand Duchy of Baden 1803-1848

Henry II of England (18,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchy of Brittany. Henry became politically and militarily involved by the age

Treaty of Landin (126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the territorial losses of 1236 into his Stettin-based duchy. The terra Wolgast within the Duchy of Pomerania, which was to be inherited by the Margraves

Emirate of Bari (1,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Republic of San Marco (1,676 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Senate of Poland (3,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

achieved when the Union of Lublin was signed and senators of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were incorporated into the Royal Senate of Poland in order

Duke of Masovia (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

developments lead to further splintering of the duchies. The following is a list of all rulers of the Duchy of Masovia and its parts. Although not all incumbents

Beneventan script (769 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Beneventan script was a medieval script that originated in the Duchy of Benevento in southern Italy. In the past it has also been called Langobarda

Commune of Rome (700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Kingdom of Bohemia (5,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kingdom was established by the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century by the Duchy of Bohemia, later ruled by the House of Luxembourg, the Jagiellonian dynasty

Wolinians (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Polish duke Bolesław III Wrymouth conquered the area along with the Duchy of Pomerania under Wartislaw I. The inhabitants were subsequently Christianized

House of Habsburg-Lorraine (2,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guise become the main branch after a brief interlude in 1453–1473, when the duchy passed in right of Charles de Bourbon's daughter to her husband, John of

Albert, Duke of Prussia (2,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic

Russification of Finland (1,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Russian Empire aimed at limiting the special status of the Grand Duchy of Finland and possibly the termination of its political autonomy and cultural

Duchy of Sora (924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Sora was a semi-independent state in Italy, created in 1443 by King Alfonso I of Naples and dissolved in 1796. It occupied the south-eastern

The Riftwar Cycle (794 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Riftwar Cycle is the name given to the series of books authored or co-authored by Raymond E. Feist that revolve around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia

Principality of Piombino (1,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Principality of Lucca and Piombino. In 1815 it was absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. On 19 February 1399 Gherardo Appiani ceded Pisa and the majority

Samborides (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dux Pomeraniae; their Duchy of Pomerelia was therefore referred to as "Duchy of Pomerania", even though there was another Duchy of Pomerania to the west

Judicate of Arborea (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Lands of Schlawe and Stolp (1,590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ruled by a cadet branch of the House of Griffin and did not belong to the Duchy of Pomerania (Slavinia) under Duke Wartislaw I and his descendants, when

Louis XII (7,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

campaign for the control of the Kingdom of Naples. Louis conquered the Duchy of Milan in 1500 and pushed forward to the Kingdom of Naples, which fell

List of monarchs of Württemberg (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Duchy of Württemberg-Weitlingen (1588-1705) Duchy of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1617-1723) (Twice annexed to France: 1676-79, 1680–97) Duchy of

Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (3,692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Predil Pass led to the Duchy of Carinthia, in the northeast Mts. Mangart, Razor and Triglav marked the border with the Duchy of Carniola (Upper Carniola)

Final Fantasy XI (9,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bastok, The Kingdom of San d'Oria, The Federation of Windurst, The Grand Duchy of Jeuno, The Empire of Aht Urhgan and the Sacred City of Adoulin. While

Duchy of Sorrento (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Sorrento was a small peninsular duchy of the Early Middle Ages centred on the Italian city of Sorrento. Established in the 7th century as

Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War (2,450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between the Teutonic Knights and the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Inspired by the local Samogitian uprising, the war began with

Duchy of Mirandola (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Lordship, then County, Principality and finally Duchy of Mirandola (Italian: Ducato della Mirandola) was a state which existed in Northern Italy from

Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Treasury. From the end of 16th century there were two hetmans in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and two hetmans in the Crown: a Field Hetman and a Great Hetman

Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Treasury. From the end of 16th century there were two hetmans in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and two hetmans in the Crown: a Field Hetman and a Great Hetman

Duchy of Sorrento (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Sorrento was a small peninsular duchy of the Early Middle Ages centred on the Italian city of Sorrento. Established in the 7th century as

Uffizi (1,545 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Uffizi Gallery (UK: /juːˈfɪtsi, ʊˈfiːtsi/ yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent

Prince-Bishopric of Brixen (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

By the late 6th century the region became part of the Agilolfing stem duchy of Bavaria, which in 788 finally fell under Frankish overlordship. Urged

Krosno Odrzańskie (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a result of the fragmentation of Poland, in 1163 Krosno was part of the Duchy of Silesia ruled by Bolesław I the Tall of the Silesian Piasts. In 1201

Lithuanian Armed Forces (5,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the western and southwestern Rus' states, Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia and Duchy of Masovia, and also devastated the lands along the Daugava and elsewhere

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (2,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was military governor of the Fortress Mainz. In 1822 he succeeded to the duchy of Saxe-Teschen. On 15 September/17 September 1815 in Weilburg, Charles

Duchy of Mirandola (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Lordship, then County, Principality and finally Duchy of Mirandola (Italian: Ducato della Mirandola) was a state which existed in Northern Italy from

Pamplona (5,683 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

alternated between self-rule, Visigoth domination or Frankish suzerainty in the Duchy of Vasconia (Councils of Toledo unattended by several Pamplonese bishops

Treaty of Kremmen (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pomerania, recognizing the seigniory of the Brandenburg margraves over his Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin, and ceding the terrae Stargard, Wustrow and Beseritz

Treaty of Stettin (1630) (3,568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(German: Stettiner Allianz) was the legal framework for the occupation of the Duchy of Pomerania by the Swedish Empire during the Thirty Years' War. Concluded

Final Fantasy XI (9,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bastok, The Kingdom of San d'Oria, The Federation of Windurst, The Grand Duchy of Jeuno, The Empire of Aht Urhgan and the Sacred City of Adoulin. While

Georg Büchner (894 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

[citation needed] Born in Goddelau (now part of Riedstadt) in the Grand Duchy of Hesse as the son of a physician, Büchner attended the Darmstadt gymnasium

Order of the Zähringer Lion (192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Order of the Zähringer Lion Insignia of the order Awarded by the Grand Duchy of Baden Type State order Motto FÜR EHRE UND WAHRHEIT Sovereign Grand Duke

The Castle of Cagliostro (6,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

high-quality counterfeits. Deciding to seek out the source, they head to the Grand Duchy of Cagliostro, the alleged wellspring of the counterfeits. Shortly after

Marquisate of Saluzzo (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Unification of Italy. Saluzzo List of marquises of Saluzzo County of Savoy Duchy of Savoy Piedmont Province of Cuneo Ruggiero, Michele (1979), Storia del

March of Friuli (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the continuation of the Lombard Duchy of Friuli, established against the Slavs and Avars. It was ceded to the Duchy of Bavaria as the March of Verona

Principality of Kiev (900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until the middle of the 14th century, when it was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. During the era of Kievan Rus', the princely clan was assumed

Treaty of Stralsund (1354) (38 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

border disputes resulting from the wars for Rugian succession between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania. Pomerania during the Late Middle Ages v t

Sławno (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Griffin dynasty. From 1190 to 1238 it was the capital of a small eponymous duchy. When the line became extinct about 1227, their estates were the matter

Treaty of Pyzdry (687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Władysław II Jagiełło, king of Poland and Wartislaw VII of Pomerania-Stolp (Duchy of Słupsk). The treaty, signed in Pyzdry, contained an oath of vassalage

Duchy of Oświęcim (682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Oświęcim (Polish: Księstwo Oświęcimskie), or the Duchy of Auschwitz (German: Herzogtum Auschwitz), was one of the Duchies of Silesia, formed

Margraviate of Brandenburg (3,982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

although being quite poor, grew rapidly in importance after inheriting the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 and then came to play a pivotal role in the history of

Treaty of Prenzlau (532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

during a series of wars between the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Pomerania fought for control of Pomerania-Stettin, and possession of

Byzantine Sardinia (3,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Emperor Justinian established that Sardinia were constituted as a ducatus (duchy) within the Exarchate of Africa. "From this [prefecture], with the help

Isles of Scilly (8,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is sometimes used for people or things related to the archipelago. The Duchy of Cornwall owns most of the freehold land on the islands. Tourism is a

Amnéville (319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a village and a necropolis. Amnéville was part of the Duchy of Bar until 1480, then of the Duchy of Lorraine. During the first German annexation, in 1894

Principality of Galicia (3,295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Yalta Taganrog Austro-Hungarian provinces Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Duchy of Bukovina 20th-century regions and states Ukrainian People's Republic

Lithuania proper (1,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

existed within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania where the Lithuanian language was spoken. The primary meaning is identical to the Duchy of Lithuania, a land around

Duchy of Bukovina (3,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Bukovina (German: Herzogtum Bukowina or Herzogtum Buchenland; Romanian: Ducatul Bucovinei; Ukrainian: Герцогство Буковина, romanized: Hertsohstvo

Mongol invasions of Lithuania (742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invaded the territories of the Kingdom of Lithuania and later, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, on several occasions in late 13th and early 14th century.

House of Nassau-Weilburg (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

this house afterwards governed the Duchy of Nassau until 1866. Since 1890, they have reigned over the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The first two Grand Dukes

Duchy of Lithuania (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Lithuania (Latin: Ducatus Lithuaniae; Lithuanian: Lietuvos kunigaikštystė) was a state-territorial formation of ethnic Lithuanians that existed

High sheriff (3,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lancashire, where they are appointed by the monarch in the right of the Duchy of Lancaster. In England and Wales the office's civil (civil judgement)

Duchy of Racha (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Racha (Georgian: რაჭის საერისთავო, rach'is saerist'avo) was an important fiefdom in medieval and early modern Georgia, located in the western

Republic of Cospaia (1,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

therefore, have tribute obligations with either the Papal States or the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and the goods that passed through the territory were not subject

Treaty of Melno (1,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Teutonic Knights and an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at Lake Melno (German: Melnosee, Meldensee; Polish: Jezioro

Duchy of Troppau (973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Principality of Opava (Czech: Opavské knížectví; Polish: Księstwo Opawskie) or Duchy of Troppau (German: Herzogtum Troppau) was a historic territory split off

Poundbury (2,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was

Latin Empire (4,270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Principality of Achaea the Duchy of Athens the Duchy of the Archipelago the short-lived Duchy of Philippopolis in north Thrace Further duchies were projected in

Judicate of Cagliari (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Treaty of Templin (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Brandenburg had to transfer the terra Burg Stargard, that she had won from the Duchy of Pomerania in 1236 (Treaty of Kremmen), to Mecklenburg. This area would

Judicate of Cagliari (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Royal Prussia (3,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

granted full independence to the Duchy of Prussia, allowing its later elevation to Kingdom in Prussia. The independent Duchy of Pomerelia is mentioned in

Polish Legions (Napoleonic era) (4,861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and Egypt. When the Duchy of Warsaw was created in 1807, many of the veterans of the Legions formed a core around which the Duchy's army was raised under

Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars (3,716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, allied with the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was later unified with

Treaty of Stettin (1653) (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

dispute between Brandenburg and Sweden, who both claimed succession in the Duchy of Pomerania after the extinction of the local House of Pomerania during

Governorate of Estonia (4,400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Danish Estonia Old Livonia Baltic Germans Swedish Estonia Livonian War Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721) Polish Livonia Swedish Livonia Great Northern War

Senate of Finland (448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Finland) combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918

Duchy of Siewierz (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Siewierz was a duchy with its capital in Siewierz. The area was initially part of Lesser Poland, but it was incorporated into Duchy of Silesia

List of political entities in the 19th century (59 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Central Germany Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchy 1379–1815 Europe: Central Germany Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duchy 1815–1918 Europe:

Southern Netherlands (2,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

modern France) Duchy of Luxembourg Duchy of Limburg County of Hainaut County of Namur Lordship of Mechelen (officially a county since 1490) Duchy of Brabant

Duchy of Lithuania (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Lithuania (Latin: Ducatus Lithuaniae; Lithuanian: Lietuvos kunigaikštystė) was a state-territorial formation of ethnic Lithuanians that existed

Judicate of Logudoro (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Imperial Free City of Trieste (2,628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Aquitaine (2,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in ancient times and in the Middle Ages, Aquitaine was a kingdom and a duchy, whose boundaries fluctuated considerably. There are traces of human settlement

Treaty of Soldin (1466) (1,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Wartislaw X of Pomerania claimed to be the rightful heir of Otto's share of the Duchy of Pomerania. The Brandenburgian elector and the Pomeranian dukes bypassed

Lower Saxony (6,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

medieval period, there was a single Duchy of Saxony. The term "Lower Saxony" was used after the dissolution of the stem duchy in the late 13th century to distinguish

Steve Barclay (2,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

February 2020 cabinet reshuffle. He was later promoted to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office in the 2021 cabinet reshuffle

Sabbioneta (1,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between great regional states: the Duchy of Milan to the west, ruled at that time by the Spanish governorate; the Duchy of Mantua to the east, over the River

Hannes Kolehmainen (501 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (Finnish: [ˈhɑnːes ˈkolehmɑi̯nen] ; 9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic gold medalist

Stargard (2,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of the Duchy of Słupsk (Pomerania-Stolp) and in 1377 it became the capital of a separate eponymous duchy, which in 1403 fell back to Duchy of Słupsk

Duchy of Reggio (126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Reggio (Italian: Ducato di Reggio) was one of the states that belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the House of Este, in the

Vidivarii (268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Danish Pomerelia Duchy of Pomerelia Samborides Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Białogarda Duchy of Lubiszewo Duchy of Świecie State

Vézelise (72 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vézelise (French pronunciation: [vez(ə)liz]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle

Order of the Crown (Prussia) (1,003 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis Friedrich-August Cross Duchy of Saxe-Weimar Order of the White Falcon Duchy of Brunswick

Duchy of Florence (924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Florence (Italian: Ducato di Firenze) was an Italian principality that was centred on the city of Florence, in Tuscany, Italy. The duchy was

Duchy of Tridentum (482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Tridentum (Trent) was an autonomous Lombard duchy, established by Euin during the Lombard interregnum of 574–584 that followed the assassination

Pomerania in the Late Middle Ages (4,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ages covers the history of Pomerania in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Duchy of Pomerania gained the Principality of Rugia after two wars with Mecklenburg

Prince-Bishopric of Trent (1,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Kingdom of Bavaria–United States relations (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States began relations in 1833 going through expansion in 1868 when the Duchy joined the German Empire in 1871. Relations would eventually end with World

Holy Roman Empire (21,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

000–10,000 km2 (2,700–3,900 sq mi), were the Duchy of Württemberg, the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel, and the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They were roughly

Grand Duchy of Kraków (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Kraków (German: Großherzogtum Krakau; Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Krakowskie) was created after the incorporation of the Free City of

Burgundian Circle (1,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1579 to become part of the United Provinces. the Duchy of Limburg, held by the Dukes of Brabant. the Duchy of Luxembourg. the Lordship of Mechelen, a personal

Papal nobility (3,205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chigi), the Duchy of Bracciano, the Duchy of Fiano, the Duchy of Camerino (of the Da Varano), the Duchy of Spoleto, the Duchy of Romagna, the Duchy of Giove

Duchy of Westphalia (1,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Westphalia (German: Herzogtum Westfalen) was a historic territory in the Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 1102 to 1803. It was located

Ernst Ruska (489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (1906-12-25)25 December 1906 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire Died 27 May 1988(1988-05-27) (aged 81) West Berlin

Rhine Province (3,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by the Prussian provinces of Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau, and the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, on the southeast by the Palatinate (a district of the

History of Switzerland (5,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the House of Habsburg and the Duchy of Burgundy, and in the Italian Wars gained territory south of the Alps from the Duchy of Milan. The Swiss Reformation

Flag of Austria (1,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1230, it was adopted as the naval ensigns and flags of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Duchy of Modena and Reggio in the 18th and 19th centuries respectively

Order of the White Falcon (111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(German: Hausorden vom Weißen Falken) is a grand-ducal order of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, founded by Duke Ernest Augustus on 2 August 1732

Słupsk Voivodeship (110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Danish Pomerelia Duchy of Pomerelia Samborides Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Białogarda Duchy of Lubiszewo Duchy of Świecie State

Order of Adolphe of Nassau (1,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civil et militaire d’Adolphe de Nassau) is an order of merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for meritorious service to the Grand Duke, the Grand-Ducal

Berry, France (1,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Duchy of Berry (French pronunciation: [beʁi] ; Occitan: Barric; Latin: Bituria) was a former province located in central France. It was a province

List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Civitas Schinesghe ("Duchy of Poland")) and Russia (including the Soviet Union and Kievan Rus') include:

Republic of Noli (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Theodor Becker (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Theodor Becker (23 June 1840 in Plön – 30 June 1928 in Liegnitz) was a Danish-born German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for studies on

Vidivarii (268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Danish Pomerelia Duchy of Pomerelia Samborides Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Białogarda Duchy of Lubiszewo Duchy of Świecie State

Republic of Noli (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Słupsk Voivodeship (110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Danish Pomerelia Duchy of Pomerelia Samborides Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Białogarda Duchy of Lubiszewo Duchy of Świecie State

Sardinia and Corsica (3,507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Montferrat Duchy of Montferrat Trieste Turin Tuscany Verona Duchy of Ivrea Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Merania Duchy of

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (9,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Worms) and Adelaide of Metz of the Matfriding dynasty, that had ruled the Duchy of Lorraine from 959 until 972, Conrad inherited the titles of count of

Marquisate of Ceva (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

states Duchy of Genoa (1815–1848) Duchy of Lucca (1815–1847) Duchy of Massa and Carrara (1814–1829) Duchy of Modena and Reggio (1814–1859) Duchy of Parma

History of Switzerland (5,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the House of Habsburg and the Duchy of Burgundy, and in the Italian Wars gained territory south of the Alps from the Duchy of Milan. The Swiss Reformation

Siege of Golubac (567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fortress Belligerents Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Wallachia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Commanders and leaders Murad II Sigismund Zawisza Czarny †

Principality of Nitra (3,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nitriansko, Nitrava, lit. 'Duchy of Nitra, Nitravia, Nitrava'; Hungarian: Nyitrai Fejedelemség), also known as the Duchy of Nitra, was a West Slavic

Battle of Orsha (2,406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, under the command of

Seniorate Province (780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Duchy of Poland that was formed in 1138, following the fragmentation of the state. Its ruler held the title of the High Duke, ruling all duchies within

Pomerelia (4,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kingdom of Poland and subsequently for some years formed an independent duchy. Most scholars suggest that Pomerelia was still part of Poland during the

Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (294 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (30 May 1783 – 12 May 1856) was a German physician and an authority on grasses. Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was born at Esslingen

Simon Dach (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). Although brought up in humble circumstances

Dieuze (119 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dieuze (French pronunciation: [djøz]; German: Duß) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Dieuze was the birthplace

History of Guernsey (4,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was brought to Guernsey by St Sampson. The islands were annexed by the Duchy of Normandy and were ruled separately by William the Conqueror even after

Prince-elector (3,616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unclear, but appears to have included bishops and the dukes of the stem duchies. The electoral college is known to have existed by 1152, but its composition

Sandomierz Voivodeship (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

voivodeship was based on the Sandomierz ziemia, which earlier was the Duchy of Sandomierz. The Duchy of Sandomierz was created in 1138 by King Bolesław III Wrymouth

Principality of Smolensk (642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gradually came under Lithuanian influence and was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1404. The principality was reorganized into the Smolensk

Georges de La Tour (1,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and

Goin, Moselle (71 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Goin (French pronunciation: [ɡwɛ̃]; German: Göhn) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Communes of the Moselle

Lorry-lès-Metz (85 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lorry-lès-Metz (French pronunciation: [lɔʁi lɛ mɛs], literally Lorry near Metz; German: Lorringen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est

Prince-Bishopric of Warmia (2,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

languages were forbidden in all schools in East Prussia by decree in 1873. Duchy of Siewierz Górski 1949, p. LXXXII. Górski 1949, p. 99, 217. Lubieniecki

Coburg (4,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revolution of 1918, it was one of the capitals of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Through successful dynastic

County of Gützkow (1,439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Gützkow (German: Grafschaft Gützkow) was a county located within the Duchy of Pomerania in the High Middle Ages. It was established in 1129 from the

House Order of Fidelity (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the class of Commander to the order. After Baden was promoted to a Grand Duchy in 1806, it became one of Baden's highest orders. From 1814, it returned

Prienai (1,472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the noble Mykolas Glinskis, who, following his exile from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, became the tutor of his nephew Ivan the Terrible. In 1609

Ruthenian language (2,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

particularly those spoken from the 15th to 18th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in East Slavic regions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

County of Burgundy (1,872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and was located in the modern region of Franche-Comté. It bordered the Duchy of Burgundy to the west, which was part of France from 843. The territory

Capital punishment in Luxembourg (264 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Capital punishment in Luxembourg was abolished for all crimes in 1979. After World War II, Luxembourgish courts sentenced 18 people, including 4 Germans

Appanage (4,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1032, when he gave the Duchy of Burgundy to his younger brother Robert I of Burgundy (whose descendants retained the duchy until 1361 with the extinction

List of kings and dukes of Lorraine (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

duchy was divided into Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine, the first evolving into the historical Low Countries, the second became known as the Duchy of

Peter III of Russia (2,888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

notably the expropriation of church property. Peter was born in Kiel, in the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp. His parents were Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

Districts of Luxembourg (209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Luxembourgish: distrikter) were the top-level administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The districts were further subdivided into cantons, which

Lu (state) (896 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Lu (Chinese: 魯, c. 1042 – 249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong. Founded in the 11th century BC

List of Polish monarchs (1,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

notably German (the King of Prussia was also the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Posen 1815-1918), Russian (the Congress Kingdom of Poland was founded

Palatinate-Neuburg (588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km2, with a population of some 100,000. The Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created in 1505 as the result of the Landshut

Braunschweig (8,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1269–1432, 1754–1807, and 1813–1814), the Duchy of Brunswick (1814–1918), and the Free State of Brunswick (1918–1946). Today

Pont-à-Mousson (1,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the east, and the Duchy of Lorraine vulnerable to pressure from an increasingly assertive French state directly to the west, the Duchy participated in the

Byzantine Italy (126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

presence in Italy came to an end: Republic of Venice Duchy of Naples Duchy of Gaeta Duchy of Amalfi Duchy of Sorrento Likewise, the island of Sardinia maintained

Bazoilles-sur-Meuse (69 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bazoilles-sur-Meuse is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Communes of the Vosges department "Répertoire national des

March of Carniola (1,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of

Lauenburg and Bütow Land (988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

periphery of the Pomerelian duchies, ruled by the Samborides dynasty as vassals of the Polish Crown as distinct to the neighbouring Duchy of Pomerania, which

County of Kladsko (1,156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roman Catholicism Protestantism Government County History • Duchy of Bohemia • Duchy of Poland • Definitely within Bohemia 870 1003 1137 • Raised to

Patrimony of Saint Peter (3,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Trullan Council, convoked by the emperor, the militia of Ravenna and of the Duchy of the Pentapolis lying immediately to the south assembled, marched into

Baden (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Baden, receiving territorial additions, became the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Grand Duchy of Baden was a state within the German Confederation until

Treaty of Kiel (2,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

troops were to leave the Danish Duchy of Schleswig (Slesvig), but were allowed to remain in the German confederal Duchy of Holstein (Holsten), ruled in

Grand Duchy of Avram (669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Grand Duchy of Avram is a micronation founded in the early 1980s by Tasmanian John Charlton Rudge, who styles himself the "Grand Duke of Avram". The