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Definition of Burggraves

Burggrave
Burggrave Burg"grave, n. [G. burggraf; burg fortress + graf count: cf. D. burggraaf, F. burgrave. See Margrave.] (Germany) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

Meaning of Burggraves from wikipedia

- Dukes (Duces), Margraves (Marchiones), Landgraves (Comites Provinciales), Burggraves (Comites Castrenses), Counts (Comites), Knights (Milites), Noblemen (Liberi)...
- Dukes (Duces), Margraves (Marchiones), Landgraves (Comites Provinciales), Burggraves (Comites Castrenses), Counts (Comites), Knights (Milites), Noblemen (Liberi)...
- Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from German: Burggraf [ˈbʊʁkˌɡʁaːf] , Latin: burgravius, burggravius, burcgravius, burgicomes, also praefectus)...
- margraviates; Thuringia and Hesse were landgraviates. The Burggrafen ("burggraves" or "burgraves"), who ruled Burggrafschaften ("burggraviates" or "burgraviates")...
- Liebau as Meissenian tenure in 1379. Since 1426 the Lords of Plauen were Burggraves of Meissen and found themselves in constant power struggles with the Saxon...
- 1492-1496 Vicedominus-Burggrave Siegmund Schnaidpeck 1497-1501 Vicedominus-Burggrave Hans Mader 1501-1503 Vicedominus-Burggrave Lorenz Saurer 1503-1525...
- attack on Prussia in 1233, over 21,000 crusaders took part, of which the burggrave of Magdeburg brought 5,000 warriors, Duke Henry of Silesia 3,000, Duke...
- and Thill, O., The Life of Copernicus (1473-1543), p. 179 “Albrecht Giese, IV”, Geni List of Royal Burggraves of Danzig List of Burgomasters of Danzig...
- after the death of the last Orlamünde, pursuant to an agreement, the burggraves of Nuremberg, members of the Hohenzollern family, took over Kulmbach and...
- III due to lack of funds in 1402. During the process of division of the burggrave property in Franconia, Erlangen was added to the Upper Prin****lity, the...