Margrave vs Marquessate - What's the difference?
margrave | marquessate |
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 ,
As nouns the difference between margrave and marquessate
is that 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 while marquessate is the territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.margrave
English
(wikipedia margrave)Noun
(en noun)Chapter 1.
