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Definition of Archdukes

1. archduke [n] - See also: archduke

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archdukes

Literary usage of Archdukes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain by Robert Watson, William Thomson (1818)
"The commissioners having no instructions oh this head, the Franciscan went himself to Brussels to receive them ; and the archdukes agreed to the request of ..."

2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... the archdukes, and the King of Spain—Question of toleration—Appeal of President Jeannin on behalf of the Catholics—Religious liberty the fruit of the ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"Protracted discussions had already taken place among the archdukes as to the ... But neither these nor the visit of archdukes Matthias and Maximilian in ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Protracted discussions had already taken place among the archdukes as to the ... But neither these nor the visit of archdukes Matthias and Maximilian in ..."

5. The Story of Holland by James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1888)
"THE archdukes AND THE WAR. BUT it is necessary that I should go a little back from the ... Philip was dead, and the archdukes were Regents in Brussels. ..."

6. Holland by James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1898)
"THE archdukes AND THE WAR. BUT it is necessary that I should go a little back from the ... Philip was dead, and the archdukes were Regents in Brussels. ..."

7. Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon by Theresa Lewis (1852)
"SEYMOUR found a friendly asylum at Brussels, at the Court of the archdukes Albert and Isabella, whilst Lady Arabella was doomed to languish in prison, ..."

8. History of Holland, from the Beginning of the Tenth to the End of the by Charles Maurice Davies (1842)
"The first proposal for negotiations emanated, as might be expected, from the archdukes, who, in the month of January, sent to the Hague, ..."

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