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  Duke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The heir apparent to the Belgian throne is styled Duke of Brabant.
In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are HRH The Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Prince Philip), HRH The Duke of York (The Prince Andrew), HRH The Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard), and HRH The Duke of Kent (Prince Edward).
Under the November 20, 1917, Letters Patent of King George V, the titular dignity of Prince/Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the sons of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of a Prince of Wales.
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 Duke - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The term duke is a title of nobility which refers tothe 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, includingSpain and France (in Italy, principe is held to be the highest grade).
In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are HRH The Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The PrincePhilip), HRH The Duke of York (The PrinceAndrew), HRH The Duke ofGloucester (Prince Richard), and HRH TheDuke of Kent (Prince Edward).
For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent aresucceeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St. Andrews, respectively, those peerages (or rather, the1928 and 1934 creations of them) will cease to beroyal dukedoms, instead the title holders will become Dukes of Blood Royal.
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 AVEIRO - LoveToKnow Article on AVEIRO
Aveiro is built On the southern shore of a marshy lagoon, containing many small islands, and measuring about I5 m.
The title duke of Aveiro became extinct when its last holder, Dom Jos Mascarenhas e Lancaster, was burned alive for high treason, in 1759.
The administrative district of Aveiro coincides with the north-western part of the province of Beira; pop.
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Carolingian empire, dukes ruled over non-Frankish nations (dukes of the Alamans, of the Bavarians, of the Aquitans), while counts ruled over a region in the Frankish realm.
For example, when the current Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Kent are succeeded by their eldest sons, the Earl of Ulster and the Earl of St.
Duke of Brittany (considered a realm untill pesronal union by heiress Anne with French King Francis I) Duke of Broglie
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In the United Kingdom, the current royal dukes are Charles, Prince of Wales, who is Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay ; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (The Prince Philip), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (The Prince Andrew), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Prince Edward).
Under the 20 November, 1917, Letters Patent of King George V of the United Kingdom, the titular dignity of Prince/Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the sons of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of a Prince of Wales.
In the 19th century, the sovereign dukes of Parma, Italy and Modena in Italy, and of Brunswick-Lneburg, Anhalt, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in Germany survived Napoleon's reorganization.
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 DUKE FACTS AND INFORMATION
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).
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.
In the 19th century, the sovereign dukes of Parma and Modena in Italy, and of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anhalt, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in Germany survived Napoleon's reorganization.
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 Duchy of Aveiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Duke of Aveiro was a title created in 1547 by John III of Portugal.
João de Lencastre (1501 - 1571-22-08), Marquis of Torres Novas, son of George, Duke of Coimbra, was the first duke.
Maria Guadalupe de Lencastre (1630 - 1715-02-07), daughter of Raimundo de Lencastre, married the Duke of Arcos.
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 Duke of Normandy Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
For example, King George III of the United KingdomGeorge III created his second son, Prince Frederick Augustus, ''Duke of York and Albany,'' and Queen Victoria of the United KingdomVictoria bestowed the dukedom of ''Clarence and Avondale'' on her grandson, Prince Albert Victor of Wales.
Under the 20 NovemberNovember 20, 1917, Letters Patent of King George V of the United KingdomGeorge V, the titular dignity of Prince/Princess and the style Royal Highness are restricted to the sons of a Sovereign, the sons of a Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of a Prince of Wales.
Similarly, upon the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), the third son of Queen Victoria of the United KingdomVictoria, his only male-line grandson, Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of ConnaughtAlastair Arthur Windsor, Earl of MacDuff (1914-1942), briefly succeeded to his peerages.
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 John II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The nobles (including particularly, the Duke of Braganza) were afraid of his future policies as king.
The House of Braganza was outlawed, their lands confiscated and the duke executed in Évora.
In the following year, the Duke of Viseu, his cousin and brother-in-law was summoned to the palace and stabbed to death by the king himself for suspicion of a new conspiracy.
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 John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
His love for knowledge and culture was passed to his sons: Duarte, the future king was a poet and a writer, was one of the most learned princes of his time and prince Henry the Navigator, the duke of Viseu, started a school of Navigation and invested heavily on science and development of nautical topics.
Isabel (1397-1471), married to Philip III, duke of Burgundy
João, duke of Aveiro (1400-1442), grandfather of Isabella of Castile
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 Tavora affair - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Marchioness Leonor of Tavora and her husband Francisco Assis, Count of Alvor (former viceroy of India), were the heads of one of the most powerful families in the kingdom, connected to the houses of Aveiro, Cadaval and Alorna.
The conspirators, the Duke of Aveiro and the Tavoras' sons-in-law, the Marquis of Alorna and the Count of Atouguia, were arrested with their families.
Sebastião de Melo was made Count of Oeiras for his competent handling of the affair, and later, in 1770, was promoted to Marquis of Pombal, the name by which he is known today.
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 Duke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
DUKE (32-4) Battier 6-14 10-11 24, Dunleavy, Jr.
Currently, there are twenty-seven dukedoms in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, held by twenty-four persons (see List of Dukes in order of precedence).
A royal duke is a duke who is a member of the British Royal Family, entitled to the style of Royal Highness.
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 Fundação Oriente - The Arrábida Monastery - Cultural Activity
The Arrábida Monastery was built in the 16th century and consists of the Old Monastery (located on the uppermost part of the hillside), the New Monastery (halfway down), the Garden and the Bom Jesus Shrine, set in the property’s 25 hectares.
In addition, there are the adjacent but separate quarters of the Duke of Aveiro and the houses where the pilgrims stayed.
D. João de Lencastre, son of the 1st Duke of Aveiro, continued the construction work and had a wall built to establish the property’s limits.
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 John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Anonymoused]
In 1430, his only surviving daughter, Isabella, married the Philip III, duke of Burgundy and enjoyed an extremely refined court in his lands; she was the mother of Charles the Bold.
Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (1392-1449, Battle of Alfarrobeira)
John, Duke of Aveiro (1400-1442), grandfather of Isabella of Castile
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 Duarte I of Portugal. Who is Duarte I of Portugal? What is Duarte I of Portugal? Where is Duarte I of Portugal? ...
In 1437, his brothers, princes Henry and Fernando persuaded Duarte to launch an attack on Morocco and thus win an African base for future Atlantic exploration.
The expedition was not unanimously supported: princes Pedro, duke of Coimbra and João, duke of Aveiro were against the initiative and preferred to avoid conflict with the king of Morocco.
Fernando of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (1433-1470), father of Manuel I, king of Portugal
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 JESUITS - LoveToKnow Article on JESUITS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Both from the original scheme and from the foundation at Coimbra it is clear that the original idea of the colleges was to provide for the education of future Jesuits.
of Spain, the Jesuits powerfully aided the revolution which placed the duke of Braganza on the throne of Portugal; and their services were rewarded for nearly one hundred years with the practical control of ecclesiastical and almost of civil affairs in that kingdom.
The duke of Aveiro and other high personages were tried and executed for conspiracy; while some of the Jesuits, who had undoubtedly been in communication with them, were charged, on doubtful evidence, with complicity in the attempted assassination.
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 Duke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Dukes in the United Kingdom are addressed as 'Your Grace' and referred to with the prefix 'His Grace'.
The Germanic Franks converted under Roman influence the Germanic concept of Herzog (literally: "war-leader"), the temporarily elected general for a major expedition of warfare, into military governors for units of up to a dozen counties.
Although since the unification of Italy in the 1870,there have no longer been any sovereign duchies- Luxembourg is a grand duchy)- sovereign dukes of Parma and Modena in Italy, and of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Anhalt, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in Germany survived Napoleon's reorganization.
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 Articles - Afonso V of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
His main policies were concerned with avoiding the development of great noble houses, kingdoms inside the kingdom, and concentrating power in the person of the king.
The count of Barcelos, a personal enemy of the duke of Coimbra (despite being half-brothers) eventually became the king's favourite uncle and began a constant struggle for power.
The situation became unstable and, in the following year, being led by what he afterwards discovered to be false representations, Afonso declared Pedro a rebel and defeated his army in the battle of Alfarrobeira, in which both his uncle and father in law was killed.
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 AVEIRO - Online Information article about AVEIRO
AVEIRO, a seaport, episcopal see, and the See also:
(1900) 9979• Aveiro is built on the See also:
The administrative district of Aveiro coincides with the north-western See also:
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 Tales Illustrative of the Apostles' Creed, by John Mason Neale
Here was the whole strength of Portugal, a little kingdom that had been for years and years exerting itself to the utmost stretch of its powers, landed in a hostile land; in August, in the hottest August ever known; in Africa, and in the greatest and most barren desert of all Africa.
And yet, when the question was put, there were but the Dukes of Aveiro and d'Albuquerque, Father Thomas, and two or three others, who were for the sea passage; while some five-and-twenty or thirty hands were held up for the expedition by land.
The royal standard with its Quinas and Castles floats over the left wing, for there Dom Sebastian commands in person: the right wing is led by the Duke of Aveiro: and the central division--further back--consists of the reserve, on this occasion, by a strange misarrangement, the very refuse of the troops.
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 mediterranean.ca - Duchy of Aveiro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
*Peter of Lancaster was the next duke, He was the brother of Raymond and died in 1673 without any male heirs.
*The next duchess was Maria de Guadalupe, daugther of Raymond of Lancaster, and she married the duke of Arcos.
*The last duke was Gabriel, Duke of Los Arcos and Duke of Aveiro, son of Maria de Guadalupe.
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 DUKE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The territorial designations of these dukedoms refer to four of the Provinces_of_Sweden; more about them can be read at Dukes_of_Swedish_Provinces.
The designation first arose in the early part of the second century.
Upon the separation of the civil and military functions in the fourth century the duke became commander of all the troops cantoned in a single province.
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He then sold all his possessions and ordered the construction of a chapel, where he proposed himself to live alone.
Some decades past, the Duke of Aveiro, D. João de Lencastre, asked the Superior General of the Franciscan Order to send a small community of friars to live in the Arrabida retreat.
The duke, visiting Guadalupe, contacted an important spanish nobleman, to whom he explained his idea.
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 Edward of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1437, his brothers, Henry (Henrique) and Fernando, persuaded Duarte to launch an attack on Morocco in order to get a better African base for future Atlantic exploration.
The expedition was not unanimously supported: and John, duke of Aveiro were both against the initiative; they preferred to avoid conflict with the king of Morocco.
Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (1433-1470), father of Manuel I, king of Portugal
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 Articles - Beatrice of Portugal (1386-1447)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Beatrice of Portugal (Portuguese: Beatriz) was a natural daughter of John I of Portugal and a Galician noblewoman named Inês Pires.
She was asister of Afonso, Duke of Braganza and half-sister of Edward of Portugal, Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, Henry the Navigator, Isabella of Portugal, John, Duke of Aveiro and Fernando, the Saint Prince (the so called Ínclita Geração).
Some say she married the third time to John Holland, son of the Duke of Exeter, in 1432.
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His only surviving daughter, Isabel, married the duke of Burgundy and entertained a extremely refined court in his lands.
* Isabel (1397-1471), married to Philip III, duke of Burgundy
* João, duke of Aveiro (1400-1442), grandfather of Isabella of Castile
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