Duchy

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Not to be confused with Grand duchy.
The Duke and Duchess of Scania in 1905

A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a

duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen
in Western European tradition.

There once existed an important difference between "sovereign dukes" and dukes who were ordinary noblemen throughout Europe. Some historic duchies were sovereign in areas that would become part of nation-states only during the modern era, such as happened in Germany (once a federal empire) and Italy (previously a unified kingdom). In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those

kingdoms
that had unified either partially or completely during the medieval era, such as France, Spain, Sicily, Naples, and the Papal States.

Examples

In France, several duchies existed in the medieval period, including Normandy, Burgundy, Brittany, and Aquitaine.

The medieval German

Frankish Kingdom and corresponded with the areas of settlement of the major Germanic tribes. They formed the nuclei of the major feudal states that comprised the early era of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation
(961-1806; in German: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation). These were Schwaben (Swabia, mainly the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg), Bayern (Bavaria), and Sachsen (Saxony) in pre-Carolingian times, to which Franken (Franconia, at present the northern part of the German state of Bavaria) and Lothringen (Lorraine, nowadays mostly part of France) were added in post-Carolingian times. As mentioned above, such a duke was styled Herzog (literally "the one who is leading [the troops]").

In medieval England, duchies associated with the territories of

sovereign
) duchies have disappeared.

List of duchies

Baltic provinces and governorates

Croatia

Denmark

England

Main article: Duchies in England

France

Georgia

Holy Roman Empire

Further information: List of dukes in Europe and Stem duchy

The following duchies were part of the medieval Kingdom of Italy, which itself was part of the Holy Roman Empire:

Naples

Papal States (Holy See)

Poland

Slovakia

  • Duchy of Nitra

Spain

  • Dukedoms of Spain

Sweden

All provinces of Sweden have the right to have a ducal coronet in their arms.[2][3] The king gives princes and princesses ducal titles of them. The current such royal duchies are:

Crusader states

Other current or historical duchies

See also

Fictional duchies

References

  1. ^ Ltd, Not Panicking. "h2g2 - The Second War of the Roses - Edited Entry". h2g2.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. ISBN 91-7886-092-X
    p. 17
  3. ^ "Vad är heraldik?". Heraldik (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-28.

External links

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