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Burgrave
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the Eng. form, derived through the Fr., of the Ger. Burggraf and Flem. burg or burch-graeve (med. Lat. burcgravius or burgicomes), i.e. count of a castle or fortified town. The title is equivalent to that of castellan (Lat. castellanus) or châtelain (q.v.). In Germany, owing to the peculiar conditions of the Empire, though the office of burgrave had become a sinecure by the end of the 13th century, the title, as borne by feudal nobles having the status of princes of the Empire, obtained a quasi-royal significance. It is still included among the subsidiary titles of several sovereign princes; and the king of Prussia, whose ancestors were burgraves of Nuremberg for over 200 years, is still styled burgrave of Nuremberg.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Burgrave'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/burgrave.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Burgrave'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/burgrave.html. 1910.
