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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