1. The Grand Duke and his Duchess were in the ballroom, superintending the installation of the decorations.

2. Le Bon Seigneur had been merciful to the Grand Duke and accorded him a fine day.

3. The Grand Duke appeared to be one of them, countermanding orders as fast as they were given.

4. Upon the steps, pushing by a stupefied Grand Duke and Duchess, stood a radiant figure.

5. The Grand Duke, it was thought, had been on a secret visit to his sister Alexandra, the Tsarina.

6. Under a constitutional monarchy, the Tsar was Grand Duke, with a bicameral legislature.

7. His birthday it might be, but the Grand Duke seemed ill at ease as he received them in the morning room.

8. The Grand Duke walked impressively in to save the day.

9. Stepmother: The Grand Duke. He's been hunting all night.

10. The Grand Duke of Tuscany.

11. Grand Duke Henri and Luxembourg's royal family have always been committed to bilateral friendship and have made important contributions to relations between the two countries.

12. The grand duke was delighted and bestowed the favor of the court on the prodigy.

13. To save his dynasty from extinction, Grand Duke Karl needed to find a way to preserve the Z?hringen line. Granting succession rights to his half-uncles seemed the ideal solution.

14. The king of the Netherlands became hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

15. A Grand Duke of Hades, he commands sixty of the infernal legions.

16. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Duc Henri in the Great Hall of the People on September 5, 2006.

17. The Grand Duke, who was 19, had a great time, especially when he went on a mad ride in a stagecoach behind six wild horses with Buffalo Bill holding the reins.

18. He had just won her gracious consent to attend the Grand Duke Igor's masked ball in two weeks' time.

19. It seemed hardly likely she would go to such lengths to prevent her husband from discovering about the Grand Duke Igor.

20. He was too busy thinking of the possible ramifications of a jumpy Grand Duke imagining every bush a Nihilist bear.

21. He could hardly insist on Westbourne's cooperation with the Grand Duke present.

22. The first accurate thermometer using alcohol was invented by Grand Duke Ferdinand II, a Tuscan.

23. On the afternoon of September 5, 2006, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Luxembourg's Grand Duke Duc Henri, who is in China for a state visit, in the Great Hall of the People.

24. Ivan IV of Russia, also know as Ivan the Terrible, was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 to 1547 and was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of Tsar.

25. Prior to the meeting, President Hu hosted a welcome ceremony for Grand Duke Henri's visit in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

26. The king of the Netherlands remained head of state until 1890, when Luxembourg gained a grand duke of its own.

27. Under the constitution of 1868, executive power is exercised by the Grand Duke and the cabinet, which consists of a prime minister and several other ministers.