How To Use Grand duke In A Sentence
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The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
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The official guest list named at least 70 kings, queens, grand dukes, princes, counts and lesser nobles.
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Perhaps it was because he wished it to be known that he considered himself the equal of any Tartar ruler; perhaps because he desired to have a title superior to that of the nobles who descended from former grand dukes, and who inherited the rank without the power; at any rate Ivan IV was crowned as the first Czar.
The Story of Russia
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Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
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Take care, my dear Lucenay; in abusing this German court you will have a quarrel with D'Harville, the intimate friend of the grand duke, who, besides, received me most kindly the other night at the embassade of ---- where I was presented to him.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02
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Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.
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Naturally, there were several elements to the dual ceremony, but everything led up to the actual enthronement, where Grand Duke Henri sat on the historic throne in the Chamber of Deputies and made and accepted speeches.
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He could hardly insist on Westbourne's cooperation with the Grand Duke present.
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It dealt with the distribution of parishes, the founding of certain canonries by the grand duke, and the establishment of a special ecclesiastical court in the Diocese of Münster.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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He could hardly insist on Westbourne's cooperation with the Grand Duke present.
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The grand duke was delighted and bestowed the favor of the court on the prodigy.
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The following year the grand duke addressed 1,500 business leaders in Miami and died soon afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times
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The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
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In the movie it is the footman of the Grand Duke on behalf of the Prince who performs the actual fitting, but with so many fidgety kids on stage, the drama teacher economized the happy ending.
Parents Behaving Badly
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In July 1610 Galileo gained the title of chief mathematician and philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, which meant that copies of his telescope and the accompanying treatise were thenceforth distributed by the Medici.
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Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.
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By doing so, the legacy of the landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt and the electors and grand dukes of Hesse may be preserved.
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Close relatives of the tsar were called grand princes, usually translated as grand dukes.
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The carriage looks so funny behind, there is a cake box with doughnuts and et ceteras tied on behind, wreathed with red peppers and just on the other side is a box with Mother's Grand duke jessamine, a cutting from my "Valeria" and several heliotrope and cactus cuttings and one little violet, all living finely.
Diary, August 8, 1859-May 15, 1865.
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Both my parents thought that having the title of grand duke and duchess were the most important things in the world and that my brother, my sister, and I should cherish our titles and our importance and our wealth.
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The grand duke, who spoke English and whose mother was a British princess, showed deep interest in YMCA work and arranged for his adjutant to take them on a tour of Hessian prison camps.
Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
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To save his dynasty from extinction, Grand Duke Karl needed to find a way to preserve the Z?hringen line. Granting succession rights to his half-uncles seemed the ideal solution.
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Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.
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The grand duke or duchess, the ceremonial head of state, appoints the prime minister, who is responsible to a sixty-member Chamber of Deputies that is popularly elected every five years.
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The huge council hall has frescoes and portraits of Tuscan grand dukes.
Collins Traveller-Tuscany and Florence
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They all desire it, _gospodar_, from the Grand Duke in his beautiful palace to the _moujik_ in his cellar -- they all desire my lovely book!
The Book of All-Power
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Constantinople's patronage of the metropolitanate of Kiev for example for the first 500 years of its existence was based on the fact that Grand Duke Vladimir specifically requested baptism for his people by Byzantine bishops and clergy.
Orrologion
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Queen Sonja of Norway were accompanied by Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the Earl of Wessex.
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The Grand Duke, Peter Leopold, the practical, economical, priest-hating, paternally-meddlesome, bustlingly and tyrannically-reforming son of Maria Theresa, was not the man to console so mediæval and antiquated and unphilosophical a thing as a Stuart.
The Countess of Albany
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The official guest list named at least 70 kings, queens, grand dukes, princes, counts and lesser nobles.
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In 1737 the Medici were succeeded by the Lorraine-Habsburg dynasty of grand dukes, who were enlightened rulers who took their custodianship of the Florentine artistic patrimony very seriously.
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Officially it had been referred to as a palatinate from the fifteenth century, because of its special role as the inherited land and patrimony of the Grand Duke.
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Grand Duke Gadman was a bent-over, bent-nosed parody of his brother's regal aquilinity.
Through Wolfs Eyes
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The following year the grand duke addressed 1,500 business leaders in Miami and died soon afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times
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The huge council hall has frescoes and portraits of Tuscan grand dukes.
Collins Traveller-Tuscany and Florence
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Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.
