Meanings of little duchy in английском

His business methods outraged the pious people of the little duchy.

While her son never left the Emperor Francis, she reigned in her little duchy.

Rules over a beautiful and boring little duchy like it's his private playground, or so I've heard.

Remember how the proud and independent little duchy must have felt beforehand, standing without a weapon amid the mighty armed powers of Europe.

At first there was not very much for him to do except to familiarize himself with the physical and economic conditions of the little duchy.

There are such a lot of queer little duchies and principalities, don't you know; it is quite impossible to tell one from the other.