• Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman...
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    ruled Romania from 1866 to 1947. Members of the Franconian branch became Margrave of Brandenburg in 1415 and Duke of Prussia in 1525. The Margraviate of...
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  • Look up margrave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Margrave (markgraf) was a medieval title, equivalent of marquis (marquess) Margrave may also refer...
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    This article lists the Margraves and Electors of Brandenburg during the period of time that Brandenburg was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire...
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  • 940; died after 1014) was Margrave of Milan. A member of the Obertenghi family, he succeeded his father, Otbert I, as margrave after his father's death...
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    ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as their ancestors were margraves (so the principality was a margraviate but not a march)...
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    Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (Maximilian Andreas Friedrich Gustav Ernst August Bernhard Prinz und Markgraf von Baden; 3 July 1933 – 29 December 2022)...
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    Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden. The two parts were reunited in 1771 under Margrave Charles Frederick, even if the three parts of the state maintained their...
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  • Dietrich II (c. 970 – 19 November 1034) was Margrave of Lusatia from 1032 to 1034, the first of the Wettin dynasty. Dietrich was the only son of Count...
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    John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 October 1654 – 22 March 1686) succeeded his father Albert II as margrave of Ansbach in 1667. He married...
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  • Albert, Margrave of Meissen may refer to: Albert I, Margrave of Meissen (1158–1195) Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240–1314) Albert III, Margrave of Meissen...
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    This article lists the margraves of Meissen, a march and territorial state on the eastern border of the Holy Roman Empire. King Henry the Fowler, on his...
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    left his successor, Margrave Christian, younger son of the Brandenburg elector John George, an orderly and functioning state. Margrave Christian took his...
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  • Margrave War is a term applied to several conflicts within the Holy Roman Empire: Margraves' War [de] (1308–1317) First Margrave War (1449–1450) Second...
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  • Lawrence Gerard Nassar (born August 16, 1963) is an American serial child rapist and former family medicine physician. For 18 years, he was the team doctor...
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    Prince Albert Joseph Maria Franz-Xaver of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (30 November 1934 – 6 October 2012) was the head of the Royal House...
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    Jüngere), was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 6 October 1692 until his death in 1703. He was the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach...
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    Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (German: Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden...
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  • III as a defence against the Kingdom of Hungary. It had only two known margraves before it was annexed to the March of Austria. Liutpold, reigned for a...
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  • title has been rendered in English as Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania (dux Septimaniæ) or Duke (or Margrave) of Gothia (Gothiæ marchio). A similar or the...
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    Chotebuž (Cottbus) came under German control through the installation of margraves.[citation needed] The main function of the margravial office was to defend...
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    march. In 911, Robert I of France, the incumbent margrave of Breton March, was affirmed/appointed margrave of both marches by king Charles the Simple, and...
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    Degenerate (de: Albrecht II der Entartete) (1240 – 20 November 1314) was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony. He was...
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    Upon the death of Margrave Conrad in 1156, the Wettin domains of Meissen and Lusatia were re-arranged. Conrad's younger son Margrave Theodoric I of Lusatia...
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    of Hohenzollern. He was the eighth of the nine children of Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, by his wife, Marie of Prussia. He was last child...
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    member of the House of Hohenzollern, Wilhelm was the son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, the brother of Albert, Duke of Prussia, and the...
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    also Otakar (died 29 March 1075) was count in the Bavarian Chiemgau and Margrave of Styria from 1056 until his death. He became progenitor of the dynasty...
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  • (born around 910; died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family. Oberto I inherited...
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    Prinz und Markgraf von Baden (24 February 1906 – 27 October 1963), styled Margrave of Baden and Duke of Zähringen, was the head of the House of Baden, which...
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  • killed in battle against the Hungarians Ruled by the Margraves of Meissen 1000–1002 Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen since 985, assassinated 1002–1003 William...
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