Landgrave vs Margrave - What's the difference?
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(rare) specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
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 landgrave.
As nouns the difference between landgrave and margrave
is that landgrave is specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany 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.landgrave
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(wikipedia landgrave)Noun
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