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Archduke

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archduke
a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
Archduke 

(Erzherzog), in Austria and later in Austria-Hungary, a title held by princes of the royal house of Hapsburg, officially conferred in 1453. It stems from a privilege extended to Austrian dukes in the 12th century, by which they were granted rights equal to those of electors, who were also called Erzkurfürsten.
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Monsieur the Archduke has more than once sought his
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Art thou, perchance, tramping barefoot over the Riphaean mountains, instead of being seated on a bench like an archduke on the tranquil stream of this pleasant river, from which in a short space we shall come out upon the broad sea?
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
A member of the Hofkriegsrath from Vienna had come to Kutuzov the day before with proposals and demands for him to join up with the army of the Archduke Ferdinand and Mack, and Kutuzov, not considering this junction advisable, meant, among other arguments in support of his view, to show the Austrian general the wretched state in which the troops arrived from Russia.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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