(the) Duchy of Cornwall

(the) Duchy of Cornwall
the Duchy of Cornwall [the Duchy of Cornwall]
the areas of land in the English county of ↑Cornwall owned by the Duke of Cornwall. These were first given by King ↑Edward III to his eldest son Edward the ↑Black Prince in 1337. Since then the Duchy has always passed to the eldest son of the King or Queen.

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