Definition of Landgraves. Meaning of Landgraves. Synonyms of Landgraves

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Definition of Landgraves

Landgrave
Landgrave Land"grave`, n. [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.] A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France. Note: The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three of them were princes of the empire.

Meaning of Landgraves from wikipedia

- -Marburg). Landgraves of Leuchtenberg, situated around a Bavarian castle (later raised into a duchy) Landgraves of Stühlingen Landgraves of Klettgau...
- prin****lity. William V was succeeded by Landgraves William VI and William VII. Frederick I of Sweden, the next landgrave, became by marriage King of Sweden...
- the Landgraviate of Hesse among the four sons of Landgrave Philip I. The residence of the landgraves was in Darmstadt, hence the name. As a result of...
- Saxon dukes in 908. From about 1111/12 the territory was ruled by the Landgraves of Thuringia as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. When Frederick IV, the...
- entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. In the early Middle Ages the territory of Hessengau, named after...
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (legally Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen; 6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince...
- Louis the Bearded 1056–1123 Louis the Springer 1123–1140 Louis I (first Landgrave from 1131) 1140–1172 Louis II the Iron 1172–1190 Louis III the Pious 1190–1217...
- (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "European Heraldry :: Landgraves and Electors of Hesse-K****el". www.europeanheraldry.org. Retrieved 10...
- gradually acquired by Landgrave Louis I of Thuringia and his successors. After the War of the Thuringian Succession upon the death of Landgrave Henry Raspe in...
- Landgrave of Langeland was a territorial title for the ruler of Langeland in Denmark. The county had its roots in the 1358 conquest of Langeland by Valdemar...