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48 matches to Duke
Alba, Duke of. 1507-82. Tyrannical Spanish Governorof Netherlands 1567-73. Gueux.
Albert of Brandenburg. 1490-1568. First Duke of Prussia, 1525. Ended Teutonic Knights’ rule.
Archduke. Hereditary title of Austrian Hapsburgs.
Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.
Brittany. Inhab c3500BC. Celts. 57BC Rome. 5-6C Britons (Celts) re-settle. 12C Capetian. 1365 Montfort Dukedom. 1532 France.
Charles Emmanuel I. 1562-1630. Duke of Savoy. Last attack vs Geneva, 1602. Escalade.
Charles the Bold. 1433-77. Duke of Burgundy. Adversary of Louis XI.
Churchill, John. 1650-1722. Marlborough.
Clarence, Duke of. 1449-78. Conspired vs brother Henry IV. Executed.
Duke. Highest rank of Peerage.
Edward VIII. 1894-1972. King of UK 1936. Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, became Duke of Windsor.
Francis Ferdinand. 1863-1914. Austrian archduke assassinated in Sarajevo, provoking WWI.
Franconia. 843-. Nucleus of E Frankish kingdom. Duke = First elected German king Conrad I.
John. The Fearless. 1371-1419. Duke of Burgundy 1404-. War vs Armagnacs.1407 conquered Paris, won crown. Assassinated by Armagnacs during negotiations.
Luynes, Duke of. 1578-1621. French. Adviser to Louis XIII.
Malplaquet, Battle. 1709. Marlborough defeats French in war of Spanish Succession.
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of. 1650-1722. English general vs Louis XIV in War of Spanish Succession. Blenheim. Malplaquet. Ramillies.
Maximilian. 1832-67. Austrian archduke, Emperor of Mexico 1864-7. Francis-Joseph’s brother.
Maximilian I. The Great. 1573-1651. Duke of Bavaria. Founded Catholic League 1609. Thirty Years War.
Norfolk, First Duke. c1366-99. Lord Appellant. Dominated Richard II 1387-89.
Norfolk, 4th Duke. 1538-1572. Executed for Ridolfi plot.
Ormonde, Duke of. 1610-88. Irish Stuart supporter during Civil War.
Peninsular War. 1808-14. British, Spanish, Portuguese under Wellington defeat French in Iberian Peninsula.
Philip the Good. 1396-1467. Valois Duke of Burgundy 1419-. Allied with England vs France.
Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.