Ducati in Italian is "dukedoms" in English.

His daughter in marriage and some unprofitable dukedoms.

There are 9 from 1949, two came later (Baden-Württemberg and Saarland in the 50s) and 5 from 1990, after reunification. Before there were no "states" and no Germany. Before dictatorship it was an empire/kingdoms/dukedoms.

Answer: In the United Kingdom a person can become a duke in one of two manners: by way of inheritance or by receiving the title as a gift of the monarch. The same is applicable in other European nations (e.g. Denmark and Norway) which have dukedoms.

Having destroyed the nobility after the Revolution under the Guillotine, in reality Napoleon re creates it. He enobles his Marshal and others with Dukedoms & the like. He rewards his own (unworthy) family. He simply replaces one dynasty with another.