For the comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, see The Grand Duke. For the grand duke butterfly, see Bassarona iva.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Grand duke" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(November 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Part of a series on
Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in Europe
Emperor, Empress
dowager
Tsar, Tsarina
High king, High queen
King
consort
dowager
Queen
regnant
consort
dowager
mother
Grand duke, Grand duchess
Archduke, Archduchess
Prince
consort
Princess
consort
Duke, Duchess
Crown prince, Crown princess
Jarl
Prince-elector, Princess-elector
Marquess, Marchioness
Margrave, Margravine
Marcher lord
Count palatine
Voivode
Count, Countess
Earl
Ealdorman
Viscount, Viscountess
Castellan
Burgrave, Burgravine
Landgrave
Advocatus
Vidame
Starosta
Baron, Baroness
Thane
Lendmann
Primor
Boyar
Ritter
Baronet, Baronetess
Fidalgo
Nobile
Knight, Chevalier
Imperial Knight
Druzhinnik
Esquire
Gentleman, Gentlewoman
Ministerialis
Lord of the Manor
v
t
e
Grand duke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status, a grand duke traditionally ranks in order of precedence below an emperor, king, grand prince, archduke, or prince-archbishop, and above a sovereign prince or sovereign duke. The title is used in some current and former independent monarchies in Europe, particularly:
in the present-day Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
historically by the sovereigns of former independent countries, such as Tuscany (from 1569 to 1860, now part of Italy)
in Baden, Hesse, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (officially simply the Grand Duchy of Saxony) – grand duchies from 1815 to 1918, and all now part of Germany
formerly also in some countries in Northern Europe, such as the Grand Duchy of Finland or the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grandduke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status...
GrandDuke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (Russian: Великий Князь Дмитрий Павлович; 18 September 1891 – 5 March 1942) was a son of GrandDuke Paul Alexandrovich...
GrandDuke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Влади́мир Александрович; 22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia...
GrandDuke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Сергей Александрович; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor...
The GrandDuke of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Groussherzog vu Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-duc de Luxembourg, German: Großherzog von Luxemburg) is the head...
GrandDuke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (Russian: Владимир Кириллович Романов; 30 August [O.S. 17 August] 1917 – 21 April 1992) was the Head of the Imperial...
GrandDuke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (Russian: Великий князь Константин Николаевич; 21 September 1827 – 25 January 1892) was the Emperor's Viceroy...
GrandDuke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Михаил Михайлович; 16 October 1861 – 26 April 1929) was a son of GrandDuke Michael Nicolaievich of...
of Poland and GrandDuke of Lithuania). The title of the GrandDuke of Lithuania mostly came into force during the reign of GrandDuke Vytautas the Great...
GrandDuke George Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Романов, romanized: Georgij Mihajlovič Romanov, also spelled Romanoff; German: Georg...
GrandDuke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович; 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1850 in St. Petersburg – 14 November 1908 in Paris) was...
GrandDuke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Александр Михайлович Aleksandr Mikhailovich; 13 April 1866 – 26 February 1933) was an Imperial Grand...
GrandDuke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and...
The GrandDuke; or, The Statutory Duel, is the final Savoy Opera written by librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, their fourteenth and...
a duke, whereas his title or area is often called a dukedom. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a fully independent state and its head, the GrandDuke, is...
GrandDuke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Великий Князь Александр Александрович Романов; 7 June 1869 – 2 May 1870) was the second son of the...
Archduke of Austria; GrandDuke of Tuscany and Cracow; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania...
GrandDuke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Павел Александрович; 3 October 1860 – 28 January 1919) was the sixth son and youngest child of Emperor...
GrandDuke of Finland, alternatively the Grand Prince of Finland (Finnish: Suomen suuriruhtinas, Swedish: Storfurste av Finland, Russian: Великий князь...
of unifying the disparate territories under the grandduke's control. The political history of the grand duchy during this period was characterised by conflict...
GrandDuke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (Russian: Андрей Владимирович; 14 May [O.S. 2 May] 1879 – 30 October 1956) was a son of GrandDuke Vladimir Alexandrovich...
Global Information
