Duke

The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy, principe is held to be the highest grade). The wife of a duke, or a woman who rules a duchy, is known as a duchess.

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Dux was a title given by the Romans to a general commanding a single military expedition and holding no other power than that which he exercised over his soldiers. The designation first arose in the early part of the second century AD. Upon the separation of the civil and military functions in the fourth century the dux became commander of all the troops cantoned in a single province. To avoid the connotations of the modern "dukes", Roman military leaders are usually called duces.

 

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Sovereign: The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty.Sovereign is another term for monarch.Sovereign can apply to the head of a state, whether that head be one person (monarch) or a group (aristocracy or democracy). It is used in this sense in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.A Sovereign is ...

Continental Europe: Continental Europe refers to the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. Notably, in British and Irish usage, the term means Europe excluding the British Isles. In the English-speaking mind, Continental Europe (often simply called the Continent by the British) is f...

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