Burgrave vs Margrave - What's the difference?
burgrave | margrave | Related terms |
A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
* 1973': Among pulverised heads of stone '''margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, ''Gravity’s Rainbow
A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
* 1516': The '''Margrave of Bruges was their head. — Thomas More, ''Utopia ,
Margrave is a related term of burgrave.
As nouns the difference between burgrave and margrave
is that burgrave is the military governor of a German town or castle; a nobleman of the same status while margrave is a feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.margrave
English
(wikipedia margrave)Noun
(en noun)Chapter 1.
