grand-dukes

For them the aim of the country holiday season was to make merry, to search for love, to welcome crowned heads and grand-dukes, to savor music and dance, all while governing their estates.

Angella Nazarian: The Venetian Country Villas 2009

The grand-dukes and their aides-de-camp, the chamberlains-in-waiting and other officers of the palace, presided personally in the arrangement of the dances.

Michael Strogoff 2003

They were all marshalled in a row according to their rank and standing; first came the kings, then the grand-dukes, then the princes, the earls, the barons, and the gentry.

Household Tales 2003

Later, as Nathalie, her cheeks burning, her big eyes cast down, backed slowly from the room, still prostrating herself at intervals, every woman present _felt_ that little, insensible murmur of applause that came from every member of the royal circle -- the grand-dukes indeed attempting no concealment of their admiration.

The Genius Margaret Horton Potter

The kings of Bavaria and Württemberg, the grand-dukes of

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

And as art invariably follows the full dinner-pail, the artists now began to work for these worldly employers and painted pictures for kings, for grand-dukes and for rich bankers.

The Story of Mankind 1921

` ` See what came of all your fine ideas, '' he would say to the French diplomats whom he met at a quiet little dinner given by one of the innumerable Austrian grand-dukes.

The Story of Mankind 1921

In this way did the grand-dukes of Moscow fall heir to the traditions of Constantinople.

The Story of Mankind 1921

The conquests of tenors and grand-dukes and fiddlers are insignificant beside those of a bull-fighter; and the certainty of feminine smiles is another inducement for youth to exchange the drudgery of menial occupations for the varied excitement of the ring.

The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia 1919

As a reward for his cleverness, a shower of gold fell upon Pupin, and made him in an instant as rich as one of the grand-dukes of his native land.

The History of the Telephone 1910