DUKE


Meaning of DUKE in English

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European title of nobility, the highest rank below a prince or king except in countries having such titles as archduke or grand duke.

The wife of a duke is a duchess. The Romans gave the title dux to high military commanders with territorial responsibilities. It was adopted by the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire and was used in their kingdoms and also in France and Germany for rulers of very large areas. In some European countries a duke is a sovereign prince who rules an independent duchy. In Britain, where there were no ducal titles until 1337, it is a hereditary title.

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Berry Jean de France duke de

Broglie Louis Victor Pierre–Raymond duke de

Buckingham 1st duke of

Buckingham 2nd duke of

Choiseul Étienne François de Choiseul duke de

Duke University

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Duke Vernon

Ellington Duke

Farnese Alessandro duke di Parma and Piacenza

Fouché Joseph duke d'Otrante

Guise François de Lorraine 2nd duke de

Guise Henri I de Lorraine 3rd duke de

Guise Henri II de Lorraine 5th duke de

duke d'Anjou

duc duke d'Orléans

John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster

La Rochefoucauld François VI duke de

Marlborough John Churchill 1st duke of

Masséna André duke de Rivoli

Monck George 1st duke of Albermarle

Monmouth James Scott duke of

Montmorency Anne duke de

Morny Charles Auguste Louis Joseph duke de

Newcastle under Lyme Thomas Pelham Holles 1st duke of

Newcastle upon Tyne William Cavendish 1st duke of

Ney Michel duke d'Elchingen

Norfolk Thomas Howard 2nd duke of

Norfolk Thomas Howard 3rd duke of

Norfolk Thomas Howard 4th duke of

Northumberland John Dudley duke of

Orléans Louis Philippe Joseph duke d'

Ormonde James Butler 12th earl and 1st duke of

Philippe duke d'Anjou

Philip duke of Edinburgh

Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis cardinal and duke de

Rohan Henri duke de

Shrewsbury Charles Talbot duke and 12th earl of

Somerset Edward Seymour 1st duke of

Sully Maximilien de Béthune duke de

Villars Claude Louis Hector duke de

Wellington Arthur Wellesley 1st duke of

Henrique infante prince de Portugal duque duke de Viseu senhor lord da Covilha

duke de Magenta

Napoleon II duke von Reichstadt

Karl Peter Ulrich duke von Holstein Gottorp

Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von duke von Friedland

Duke von Mecklenburg

Diane de France duchess de Montmorency and Angoulême

Diane de Poitiers duchess de Valentinois

Marlborough Sarah Jennings duchess of

Windsor Wallis Warfield duchess of

Chevreuse Marie de Rohan Montbazon duchess de

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.