dukedom
Noun
Meaning
The territory of a duke.
The title or dignity of a duke.
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He signed himself prince of this, lord of that, baron of the other thing and claimant to the dukedom of something else.
My library; Was dukedom large enough.
Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that; I prize above my dukedom.
A Duke may belong to a peerage and hold a dukedom (title) but no duchy (territory).
Bismarck regarded it as a mockery of his ambition, and he considered nothing more cruel than this action of the emperor. citation Upon Bismarck's death in 1898 his dukedom, held only for his own lifetime, became extinct.
Burgundy became a part of the kingdom of the Franks in 534; two years later, the dukedom of the Alamans followed suit.