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• “In Silesia and the duchy of Liegnitz the Reformation also made great strides.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Naples, acknowledged the rule of Guaimario, Duke of Salerno; about forty years later with the whole duchy of Salerno it became part of”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “If, instead of having wished to enlighten the lower classes, we had busied ourselves with instructing the higher, we should not have seen M. de Keratry proposing the pillage of the duchy of Baden, a measure that the public finds very proper!”

  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters

• “(Empress Alexandra of Russia was born in the Rhineland grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt.)”

  Castles of Steel

• “Euboea, a duchy of the Archipelago and a county palatinate of”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “Piacenza (pop. 36,000), on the Po, was an ancient Roman colony that became a republic in the Middle Ages and later with Guastalla a duchy of the House of Farnese.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

• “On the receipt of this unexpected prohibition the self-exiled Prince, who had gone too far to recede, had no other alternative than to proceed through the duchy of Juliers to Cologne; in which, being a free city, and perfectly neuter in the affairs of France and Spain, the chief magistrate granted him permission to reside.”

  The Life of Marie de Medicis

• “He reconciled Henri IV to the Church of Rome, attached the duchy of Ferrara to the Holy See, organized the famous congregations de auxiliis on grace and free-will, and contributed to the Peace of Vervins.”

  The Life of Marie de Medicis

• “During his reign the duchy of Milan was at the height of its power, and contained the following cities: Pavia, Bergamo, Brescia,”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “While he was spending here the rest of his holidays, he took advantage of an invitation he had received from Prince Radziwill (governor of the grand duchy of Posen, and, through his wife, a daughter of Prince Ferdinand, related to the royal family of Prussia) to visit him at his country-seat Antonin, which was not very far from Strzyzewo.”

  Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician

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