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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.

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- 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)...
- 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...
- Leopold Heyperger was a 16th-century Viennese burgher who was the Burggrave of Hofburg Palace from 1547 to 1560, as well as Ferdinand I's treasurer. He...
- 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...
- 1492-1496 Vicedominus-Burggrave Siegmund Schnaidpeck 1497-1501 Vicedominus-Burggrave Hans Mader 1501-1503 Vicedominus-Burggrave Lorenz Saurer 1503-1525...
- his death. He was the eldest son of Duke Engelbert and Uta, daughter of Burggrave Ulrich of P****au, his namesake. His father abdicated in 1135 and Ulrich...
- estates in Tyrol. His best known descendant is Leopold Heyperger, the Burggrave (Governor) of Hofburg Palace from 1547 to 1560 as well as Ferdinand I's...
- William I, Duke of Berg 1360 1385 16 Feb 1390 1395 Elizabeth Frederick V, Burggrave of Nuremberg 1358 27 Jun 1374 6 Jan 1398 18 May 1410 26 Jul 1411 Rupert...