Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The territory governed by a margrave.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
margravate .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
margravate .
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Examples
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Hence the province, which belonged to the Austrian empire, was called the margraviate of
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On the breakup of the margraviate following Matilda's death, Florence began her advance, and by 1176 was master of the dioceses of Florence and Fiesole.
3. Florence 2001
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The margraviate of Tuscany, set up by the Carolingians, extended from the Po to the Roman state under the Margrave Boniface (d. 1052), whose daughter, the great Countess Matilda (10521115), was probably the strongest papal supporter in Italy.
3. Florence 2001
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During the wars of the reign of Louis XIV. the margraviate was ravaged by the French troops, and the margrave of Baden-Baden, Louis William (d. 1707), was prominent among the soldiers who resisted the aggressions of France.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Hermann appears to have called himself by the title of margrave, and not the more usual title of count, owing to the connexion of his family with the margraviate of Verona.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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_ -- At the beginning of the 19th century Baden was only a margraviate, with an area little exceeding 1300 sq. m., and a population of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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In 1464 he promised the Moravian Estates that the margraviate should never be separated from the Crown of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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After Conrad Otto's death in Sicily (1191), a new war of succession broke out between the brothers Ottokar and Henry Wladislaw: to avoid bloodshed, the latter renounced in 1197 his claims to Bohemia, accepting Moravia as a margraviate feudatory to the Bohemian crown.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Charles enfeoffed his brother John in the margraviate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Bohemia, but that thenceforth Conrad Otto should hold Moravia as an immediate margraviate, independent of Bohemia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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