Margraviate

This house is of considerable eminence; the royal family of Prussia are descended from a junior branch, which became possessed by purchase of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, and thus founded a power, which being aggrandized by the policy of succeeding sovereigns, now holds so distinguished a place in the political scale of

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

In 1588 he conquered the Margraviate of Saluzzo, to which France also laid claim, and retained it in the Peace of Lyons (1601) as the ally of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

Politically speaking the Margraviate of Moravia is an Austrian crown land, the highest administrative authority being vested in the governor at Brünn.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

It spread rapidly, numbering in 1464 about 330 members, as well as branches established in the Margraviate of Anspach (1465) and in the possessions of the Teutonic Order in Prussia.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

In 1423 Albert received for these services the Margraviate of Moravia in fief.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Upon its subjection to German authority, the whole province was allotted to the Margraviate of Zeitz.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

In return for his services he was presented with the conquered principality of Little Lilliput and some other adjoining lands; and the Margraviate of Reisenburg, with an increased territory and population, and governed with consummate wisdom, began to be considered the most flourishing of the petty states in the quarter of the empire to which it belonged.

Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842

His little Margraviate was misgoverned enough for a great empire.

Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842

But being anticipated in the Margraviate of Baden, by the Bavarians under Mercy and John de

The Thirty Years War — Volume 05 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

Before commencing the war, he resigned his Margraviate to his son, in the hope of eluding, by this precaution, the Emperor's revenge, if his enterprize should be unsuccessful.

The Thirty Years War — Volume 02 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782