A moment later he learnt that the duke has suddenly died, and that the dukedom is his.
France was really composed of a dozen or more independent counties and dukedoms.
They may include monarchies, as England includes dukedoms.
This treaty being made, Robert returned to his dukedom, and gave himself over to his natural indolence and dissipation.
You know, in old English times, our kings liked to have lordships and dukedoms abroad: and why should not your merchant princes like to have lordships and estates abroad?
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When he got hisdukedomhe decided that he would not marry her, so hisdukedomwas taken away.
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If you separate the dukedoms and the earldoms from those old families will they continue if one loses the male line descent?
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It was from the women that these dukedoms were inherited.
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The payments vary from some £350 in the case of adukedomto £100 in the case of a baronetcy.
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But they did not have to give up the title of an earldom, marquisate ordukedomto which they might have succeeded.
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In the old days, one was given adukedomor an earldom.
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To lose adukedomand a marquisate and to be left with only two earldoms seems like carelessness, even though it took a number of centuries to do it!
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I come back to thedukedomanalogy.
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The survival of thedukedomfor nearly four centuries was mainly due to its size being larger than its immediate neighbours.
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The adventure also covers the player characters attempting to run adukedom.
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He reunifies north and south, but gives away many dukedoms to his kinsmen.
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He died without leaving an heir and the titles acquired with thedukedombecame extinct.
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Thedukedomwould be recreated in 1481 and again in 1483.
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By the time of his succession to thedukedom, he had established a reputation as an extreme reactionary.
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One night, they made a pact to each other, saying that they would always assist each other's dukedoms in times of desperate need.
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