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burgrave::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | military governor |
Examples of burgrave
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The burgrave Filips of Wassenaar was stripped of his offices and rights and lived out his last years in captivity.
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Around 1068, Meissen received its own burgrave.
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Burgrave Filips of Wassenaar and the other local Hoekse noblemen assumed that the duke would besiege Leiden first and send small units out to conquer the surrounding citadels.
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- A nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
- The military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
- A burgrave is literally the count of (i.e. appointed over) a castle or fortified town. The English form is derived through the French from the German Burggraf and Dutch) burg- or burch-graeve (Mediaeval Latin language burcgravius or burgicomes).
