Markgrave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Markgrave is a noun meaning Alternative form of margrave.
Meaning
Alternative form of margrave.
Example Sentences
The ſame Evening, his Grace ſupped with the King, the Prince Royal, and the Markgraves, and din’d with them, the next Day, at the great Chamberlain’s.
The last dying without issue, his share fell to his brother Frederic of Ansbach, who was the founder of the elder line of the markgraves of Brandenburg, in Franconia.
There was Haghen of Tronek, and Dankwart, Haghen’s brother, / (For swiftness was he famed,) with heroes many other; / Ortwin of Metz, with Eckewart and Gherè, two markgraves they; / And Folker of Alsàce; no braver was in his day.
On the extinction of the male line of the markgraves, part of the territory passed to the Dukes of Austria, in the 13th c., and the remainder was acquired by them in the 14th, since which time it has remained in the possession of Austria.
Word Forms
- markgraves
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gravedigger, markman, grave, graves, sepulchre, sepulcher.
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