archduke

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Philip II of Spain, the archdukes Ferdinand and Charles II of Austria and Erik XIV of Sweden were all possible husbands.

From The Guardian

They sound like the archdukes who think the peasants should be grateful for thin gruel, and place on the floor of the castle.

From Washington Post

All we have left are the dry, impersonal facts from history class — the decay of the balance of powers and an assassinated archduke.

From Washington Post

It had started over the assassination of an Austrian archduke in 1914 and rapidly pulled in Europe’s major powers via a tangle of alliances, and a certain eagerness to be tested in war.

From Washington Post

And yet by early August of that year, after the epic chain of blunders, accusations, and ultimatums that followed the assassination of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand, at Sarajevo, the entire continent was in flames.

From The New Yorker