GRANDDUKE
Grand duke
The title grand duke or great duke is used in Western Europe and particularly in Germanic countries for lesser sovereigns. Grand duke ranks in order of precedence below a king but higher than a sovereign duke. Grand duke is also the usual and established translation of grand prince in languages which do not differentiate between princes who are children of a monarch and ruling princes . English and French also use grand duke in this way. The title grand duke as translation of grand prince and the proper title grand duke have clearly different meanings and a separate background. Compare with the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Grand duke
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grand duke
Noun
- Ruler or monarch of a grand duchy.
- Son or grandson of a czar (emperor) of the Russian Empire. (A more literal translation of the Russian would be "grand prince".)
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