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Baldwin II (c. 865 – 10 September 918) was the second margrave (or count) of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calvus) after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald.
Marquess, marquess equivalentsa European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count, or earl. Etymologically the word marquess or margrave denoted a count or earl holding a march, or mark, that is, a frontier district; but this original significance has.
The meaning of MARGRAVE is the military governor especially of a German border province.
Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defense of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Empire, and the title came to be borne by rulers of...
Margrave definition: (formerly) the hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states.. See examples of MARGRAVE used in a sentence.
Jan 2, 2024 · margrave (plural margraves) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
Oct 11, 2022 · (German, Markgraf, “count of the mark”)A governor appointed to protect vulnerable areas known as marks in the Holy Roman Empire. They were the equivalent of English marches (marcher lord) and were usually frontier territories. Charlemagne introduced this office, which in the 12th century became hereditary, and the title came to rank equally with a prince of the empire.
