Duchy - Wikipedia A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess In Western European tradition, the title of duke ranked among the highest nobility, generally just below the monarch and above counts or earls
Duchy | political unit | Britannica Franconia, one of the five great stem, or Stamm (tribal), duchies—the other four being Saxony, Lotharingia (Lorraine), Swabia, and Bavaria—of early medieval Germany
duchy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Usage notes A grand duchy may be a self-governing state A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire
Duchy - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A duchy is a territory or domain ruled by a duke or duchess Historically, some duchies in Continental Europe were sovereign, while others (especially in France and Britain) were subordinate districts of a kingdom