Landgrave vs. Margrave
Landgravenoun
(rare) One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
Landgravenoun
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Landgravenoun
A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
Landgravenoun
a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
Landgrave
Landgrave (German: Landgraf, Dutch: landgraaf, Swedish: lantgreve, French: landgrave; Latin: comes magnus, comes patriae, comes provinciae, comes terrae, comes principalis, lantgravius) was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of Landgraf, Markgraf (), and Pfalzgraf () are in the same class of ranks as Herzog () and above the rank of a Graf ().
Margravenoun
(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Margravenoun
(historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
Margravenoun
Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.
Margravenoun
The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
Margravenoun
the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
Margravenoun
a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
Margrave
Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Empire, and the title came to be borne by rulers of some Imperial principalities until the abolition of the Empire in 1806 (e.g., Margrave of Brandenburg, Margrave of Baden).
