Herzog von Afry

English translation: Duke of Afry

14:41 Apr 21, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
History / Burgundian Wars
German term or phrase: Herzog von Afry
One of the Burgundian commanders at the Battle of Morat (1476)
sinolig
Switzerland
Local time: 19:28
English translation:Duke of Afry
Explanation:
Herzog is simply Duke, so I would say it is Duke of Afry.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-21 15:46:24 GMT)
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So does Herzog von Afry, I guess there just isn't that much written about him ;-)

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-21 15:46:50 GMT)
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I meant he gets very few hits, not just zero!

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Very noble ;-)
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Babette Piaget
Local time: 13:28
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I guess this is OK. Strange that it doesn't get a single google hit though.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Duke of Afry
Babette Piaget
Summary of reference entries provided
le Comte d'Afry
andres-larsen

Discussion entries: 6





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Duke of Afry


Explanation:
Herzog is simply Duke, so I would say it is Duke of Afry.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-21 15:46:24 GMT)
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So does Herzog von Afry, I guess there just isn't that much written about him ;-)

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-21 15:46:50 GMT)
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I meant he gets very few hits, not just zero!

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Note added at 23 hrs (2010-04-22 14:09:39 GMT)
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Very noble ;-)

Babette Piaget
Local time: 13:28
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
I guess this is OK. Strange that it doesn't get a single google hit though.
Notes to answerer
Asker: That was of course my first thought, but as it gets zero Google hits I'm not sure.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser: Herzog is Duke!/must be a noble dog!
1 hr
  -> I should know, Duke is my dog's name ;-)

agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
3 hrs
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Reference comments


41 mins
Reference: le Comte d'Afry

Reference information:
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris - Anonymous - 2009 - History - 622 pages
Go to dinner at Madame La Tour's; arrive very late, but, luckily, ***the Comte d'Afry*** and the Bishop d'Autun arrive still later. We have a bad dinner and more ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1113682701...

The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris - Anonymous - 2009 - History - 622 pages
... to dine with Count Louis de Narbonne A very good dinner, and very good wines ; ***the Comte d'Afry***, the Due de , the Chevalier dc Narbonne, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1113682728...

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The Black Chamber in the Dutch Republic and the Seven Years' War ... - K de Leeuw - 1999
1759, where ***d'Afry states his dibelief about a warning by the Russian Ambassador in ... Kauderbach, that D'Afry's*** letters were being read in The Hague. ...
www.informaworld.com/index/783146135.pdf

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Earl or Count of Afry depending on translation of ***Comte***

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9
Note to reference poster
Asker: That's the French version. I'm looking for the English equivilent!

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