Duchies in a sentence

These states consisted of kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities, free Hanseatic cities and one imperial territory.

At first this seemed like a victory for Augustenburg, but Bismarck soon removed him from power by making a series of unworkable demands, namely that Prussia should have control over the army and navy of the duchies.

At the conclusion of peace on 13 November 1738, control of Parma and Piacenza was ceded to Austria, which had occupied the duchies but was now forced to recognise Charles as King of Naples and Sicily.

At the end of this same century, the king elevated some counties into duchies, a practice that increased up until the Revolution.

Both duchies merged into a Silesian County of the Kraków Voivodeship, and shared the fate of Lesser Poland.

Conrad III tried to divest Henry the Proud of his two duchies – Bavaria and Saxony – leading to war in southern Germany as the Empire divided into two factions.

Denmark was ultimately forced to renounce its claim on both duchies.

During the next 60 years Austria was divided into three jurisdictions: * "Lower Austria" – The Austrian Duchies, Bohemia and Hungary, passed to Charles II's line 1619.

Henry's conception of a legitimate power of royal disposition in the duchies was successful against the dukes, and thus secured royal control.

His two duchies became the Cispadane Republic which one year later was merged into the Cisalpine Republic and then into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.

Holy Roman Empire main Legnica, along with other Silesian duchies, became a vassal of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the 14th century and was included within the Holy Roman Empire.

However, the title of duke has never been associated with independent rule in the British Isles: they hold dukedoms, not duchies (excepting the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster ).

In addition to the growing independence of the towns, local rulers turned their counties and duchies into private kingdoms and felt little sense of obligation to the emperor who reigned over large parts of the nation in name only.

In the aftermath, the management of the two duchies caused escalating tensions between Austria and Prussia.

In the second half of the 6th century it was chosen as seat for one of the 36 Duchies in which the Lombards divided Italy.

McKay: Prince Eugene of Savoy, 219 Following the Prince's determined lead to resist all pressure, Charles VI sent troops into Italy to prevent the entry of Spanish garrisons into the contested duchies.

Only in the Duchies of Modena and Guastalla – once French troops were expelled at the beginning of the campaign – did the Emperor find support for his cause.

Otto I re-established the eastern march, and was succeeded by Otto II in 967, and found himself in conflict with Henry who he deposed, allowing him to re-organise the duchies of his empire.

Powerful local nobles turned their cities, counties and duchies into private kingdoms, that felt little sense of obligation to the emperor.

Ratification of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 in Münster by Gerard Terborch Parts of Westphalia came under Brandenburg-Prussian control during the 17th and 18th centuries, but most of it remained divided duchies and other feudal areas of power.