- Both a
feudal title of
comital rank and a more
technical office.
Gaugraf Gaugrave Gau 'imperial territory' + Graf.
Ruler of a gau in the
Carolingian Empire...
- Bertoldus, (fl. 1065) Sicco, (fl. 1074) The
gaugraves of
Ahrgau were the
ancestors of the
counts of Are.
Gaugrave Sicco,
mentioned in 1074, is
supposed to...
-
century the gaus lost
their political relevance. The gau was
ruled by
gaugraves ("gau counts"):
Albuin (died
after 898),
Count of the
Eifelgau Erenfried...
-
administration of the
realm during the 9th and 10th
centuries and
ruled by a
gaugrave (Gaugraf i.e. "gau count").
Similar to many
shires in England,
during the...
- 1140) to
Hedwig of Gudensberg, the
daughter and
heiress of the
Hessian gaugrave ("gau count"), Giso IV, on the
basis of which,
after the
death of Giso...
-
Falkenburg Castle.
According to legend,
after the
death of her husband,
Gaugrave Wernher I, his widow, Wiligarta, led a hermit's life here as
penance to...
-
circle Imperial diet
History Namur County 1194:
Margaviate Burg n/a 998:
Gaugrave ("gau count") in
Lommegau invested with
title Namur 1067:
Partitioned into...
-
Frankish rule, the land was
carved up into Gaue, with each
headed by a
gaugrave (Gaugraf i.e. "Gau count").
Rohrbach belonged,
together with the other...
- the Emichones, who
until 1110 were
lords in the Nahegau. When the last
gaugrave ("Gau count"), Emich, died, the
divisions began:
about 1113, his son Emich...
-
their empire into Gaue (roughly “shires”), and each Gau was
headed by a
gaugrave (Gaugraf i.e. "Gau count").
Several Gaue
would be
united into a province...
