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Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave, was since the medieval period in Europe the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate.
The Burgraviate of Nuremberg ( German: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries passed before the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219.
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Duties and powers. The Burgvogt organized life in a castle, its general operation, husbandry and military defence. He was also in charge of jurisdiction within a castle district, i.e. within the castle and the surrounding area belonging to it. His office was known as a Burgvogtei.
Jan 12, 2016 · The Burgraviate (German: Burggrafenamt, Italian: Burgraviato) [1] is a South Tyrolean district located in the western part of the region which borders to the Vinschgau Valley to the west, to the South Tyrolean Wipp Valley, the Salten-Schlern and the Überetsch-South Tyrolean Unterland to the east, to Trentino to the south and to North Tyrol to ...
King Conrad III established the burgraviate and the first administration and courts over the surrounding Imperial territories. The first burgraves were from the Austrian House of Raab but, with the extinction of their male line around 1190, the burgraviate was inherited by the last count's son-in-law, of the House of Hohenzollern.
The earliest known use of the noun burgraviate is in the mid 1700s. OED's only evidence for burgraviate is from 1762, in a translation by Patrick Murdoch, Church of England clergyman and writer. burgraviate is formed within English, by derivation.
Burgraviate synonyms, Burgraviate pronunciation, Burgraviate translation, English dictionary definition of Burgraviate. n 1. the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries 2. a nobleman ruling a German town or castle by hereditary right...
