This move resulted only in securing the evacuation by its Prussian garrison of the Luxembourg fortress and the neutralization of the duchy.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
As he reminds the happy bride before him he wants her duchy much more than she does.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
It was customary for the newly-elected mayor to proceed to the castle, and in accordance with a charter granted by James I., take an oath before the steward of the duchy of Lancaster, "to perform faithfully and well all and every ancient custom, and so forth according to the best of his knowledge."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews