Sentence examples for dukedom from inspiring English sources

Almost surrounding the cascade will be a spectacular hedge made of parallel rows of beeches joined at the top to form a tunnel that can be walked through, with windows cut out of the sides like arrow slits in a castle wall.The project began in 1996 when Ralph Percy inherited the dukedom from his elder brother and moved the family into the castle.

Richelieu's father died disgraced and in debt, and he himself inherited his dukedom from a brother killed in a street brawl over a prostitute.

(The marquessate became a dukedom in 1707).

After this he performed in Oliver Twist (1948) and a series of Ealing Studios comedies, notably the internationally popular Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played the roles of each of eight heirs to a dukedom, as well as The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951), and The Ladykillers (1955).

The holder of the dukedom is always Earl Marshal.

Thenceforward he remained faithful to his brother and, in 947, was given the dukedom of Bavaria.

The Admiralty, also angered by his acceptance of the dukedom of Bronte in Sicily from King Ferdinand, sent him an icy order to return home.

May 17, 1490 Ansbach, Germany March 20 , 1568East Prussia, Germany Albert, (born May 17 , 1490 Ansbach died March 20 , 1568 Tapiau, East Prussia) last grand master of the Teutonic Knights from 1510 to 1525, first duke of Prussia (from 1525), a Protestant German ruler known chiefly for ending the Teutonic Knights' government of East Prussia and founding a hereditary dukedom in its place.

He gave his son, William I Longsword, governance of the dukedom (927) before his death.

At the Restoration his estates were restored, and he claimed the dukedom of Somerset promised to him by Charles I, but he did not obtain this, nor was his earldom of Glamorgan recognized.

At this climax of his career, the queen offered him a dukedom, which he refused, and the Order of the Garter, which he accepted.