Margrave definition

märgrāv
The lord or military governor of a medieval German border province.
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Used as a hereditary title for certain princes in the Holy Roman Empire.
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A military governor of a march, or border province, in Germany.
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A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
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A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
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The hereditary title of certain princes of the Holy Roman Empire or Germany.
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Noun

Singular:
margrave
Plural:
margraves

Origin of margrave

  • Probably Middle Dutch marcgrāve marc march, border merg- in Indo-European roots grāve count (perhaps ultimately from Greek grapheus scribe gerbh- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch marcgrāve (modern Dutch markgraaf), cognate with Old High German marcgrāvo (modern German Markgraf), from the Germanic bases of mark (“march, border territory") + grave (“officer of comital rank"). Compare marchion, marquis, landgrave.

    From Wiktionary

Margrave Sentence Examples

  • Otto was descended from Luitpold, duke of Bavaria and margrave of Carinthia, who was killed in 907 fighting the Hungarians.

  • In 1541 he received Bayreuth as his share of the family lands, and as the chief town of his principality was Kulmbach he is sometimes referred to as the margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

  • It was destroyed in 1553 by Albert, margrave of Brandenburg, but has been partly restored.

  • Conquered by Charlemagne, the most of the district was bestowed on the duke of Friuli; but in the 10th century the title of margrave of Carniola began to be borne by a family resident in the castle of Kieselberg near Krainburg.

  • In 1689 it was given to Philip William, a younger son of the elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William, and he and his successors called themselves margrave of BrandenburgSchwedt.

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