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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		The heir apparent to the Belgian throne is styled Duke of Brabant.
		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.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Duke (1467 words)

	Buckingham Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally known as Buckingham House (and still nicknamed "Buck House" by the royal family), the palace was formerly a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 and acquired by King George III in 1762 as a private residence.
		Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
		Buckingham House, as it was known, was eventually sold by Buckingham's descendant, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1762 to King George III for £21,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckingham_Palace (6584 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
		Buckingham's popularity suffered further when he was blamed for the failure of the von Mansfeld expedition to recover the Palatinate (1625).
		Buckingham led an expedition to repeat the actions of Sir Francis Drake; seize the main Spanish port at Cádiz and burn the fleet in its harbour.
		Buckingham, who seems at first to have consented to the scheme, was anxious to mediate peace between the king of France and his subjects, and to save Charles from compromising himself with his parliament by the appearance of English ships in.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/George-Villiers,-1st-Duke-of-Buckingham (2441 words)

	Buckingham, George Villiers, 1st duke of
		Buckingham, now a duke, returned to England, advocating war with Spain, which made him the hero of Parliament.
		After the embarrassing failure (Oct., 1625) of an expedition against Cádiz, Buckingham was impeached (1626), and Charles dissolved Parliament to prevent his trial.
		The duke was at Portsmouth preparing yet another expedition for La Rochelle when he was killed by John Felton, a disgruntled naval officer.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0809306.html (474 words)

	Online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
		BUCKINGHAM AND NORMANBY, JOHN SHEFFIELD, 1ST DUKE OF (1648-1721)
		BUCKRAM (a word common, in various early forms, to many European languages, as in the Fr.
		BULLY (of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the Low Ger.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN (509 words)

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