“The ancient dukedom held vast lands and had dominion over multiple baronial territories.”

“Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a dukedom upon her grandson, granting him the noble title of Duke.”

“With the support of the King of Naples, his brother raised an army and expelled him from the dukedom with his daughter.”

“The nobles founded many monasteries and the archbishopric of Rouen was coterminous with the duchy.”

“To refuse to blame the system is to assume a certain power, the way a pretender assumes a royal title or titular duchy or two.”

“In March 1628 a Spanish army besieged its key fortress of Casale, while a Piedmontese force occupied the remainder of the duchy.”

“Second to Adrian Maguire in the pecking order at David Nicholson's, Johnson has in place an agreement to ride as number one for Henry Daly when not obliged to his Dukeship.”

“Now half-a-dozen more little pauper princelings and decadent dukelings are trying to trade their worthless coronets for American cash.”

“She was given a marshallship of her duchies army because she made good tactical recommendations and talked to her duke regularly.”

“Prior to this, the peninsula consisted of often mutually antagonistic kingdoms, duchies, city-states, and principalities.”

“In the wake of the Napoleonic wars Italy was divided into a patchwork of kingdoms and duchies.”

“Cities are torn by wars between local crime lords, and nations are rent by various dukes and counts dealing death.”

“Whether forced or voluntary, Roman emperors, kings and queens, hereditary princes and grand dukes and, yes, even popes have abdicated.”

“Just pretend you're dukes or counts from one of the northern countries and you can get anywhere in that castle.”