Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The territory of a margrave.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another figure from the period of Ostpolitik, Heinrich Lohse, who had tried to found the hereditary margravate of Belorussia
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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It was he who after Austerlitz aggrandized the margravate at the expense of Austria; transformed it into a sovereign principality and raised it to a grand-duchy.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg, was invested with the margravate of Brandenburg and the electoral dignity.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Various
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Venice to the Kingdom of Italy, made Bavaria and Wurtemberg vassal kingdoms of Napoleon, enlarged the margravate of Baden, and transformed it into a grand duchy, and reduced Austria to the valley of the Danube.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Frankish Empire. during the reign of Charlemagne and was formed a margravate, the margrave of which was also made the ruler several times of the Duchy of Spoleto and Camerino.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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The bishopric, as a vassal principality of the Bohemian crown, was the peer of the margravate of Moravia, and from 1365 its prince-bishop was Count of the Bohemian Chapel, i.e. first court chaplain who was to accompany the monarch on his frequent travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In 1030 the margravate fell to Boniface, of the Canossa family.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In 1195 the Emperor Henry VI gave the margravate in fief to his brother Philip.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In very early times Moravia appears to have been more civilized and powerful than Bohemia; but later, Bohemia became a considerable kingdom, and Moravia a dependency of, and eventually a margravate under the Bohemian crown.
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In the tenth century Austria, with both Styria and Carniola, under the title of a margravate, was governed by Leopold I of the house of
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
tumbel commented on the word margravate
"After Matilda’s death in 1115, there ensued a long struggle between popes and Holy Roman emperors for control of the margravate..."
October 30, 2012