Burgrave
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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 Burgravia
The Burgrave of Regensburg presiding over a trial, early 14th-century illustration in the Codex Manesse.
Margrave
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In the German nobility, margrave was a rank equivalent to marquess. It originated as the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of th
Burgrave
…Many of the original Burgriviate families, descended from its more prominent times, had progressed to the higher rank of Graf or the princely ranks of Margrave/Landgrave, Fürst and Herzog by this point (such as the Burgraves of Nuremberg and Meissen). In the Kingdom of Germany, owing to the distinct conditions…
Seal of Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (r. 1095–1136), with legend LEVPOLDVS MARCHIO.