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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...
- University Press. p. 413. Kessler, P. L. "European Kingdoms: Central Europe: Landgraves of Hessen-Rheinfels (-Rotenburg) AD 1567 – 1869". The history files (Kessler...
- 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...
- The Landgraves of Leuchtenberg were a Bavarian ruling dynasty of the Middle Ages, originally based in Leuchtenberg and later in Pfreimd. Their area of...
- 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...
- was handed over to Frederick on 23 July 1622. The landgraves thus remained subordinate to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt under Imperial law, owing it...
- palace of the Prince Abbots of Fulda that had been taken over by the Landgraves of Hesse after the secularization and mediatisation of the Prince-bishopric...
- St. Elisabeth's Church, which became the gravesite of the succeeding Landgraves for several more centuries. After his death, the inheritance was divided...