burgrave
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Within Vinony's link graph, burgrave is referenced by 403 other articles, and connects out to inheritance, prince consort and German.
It sits within the topics Burgraves, Counts and German noble titles.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- noble title
- Subclass of
- Alcaide
- Country
- Holy Roman Empire
- Said to be same as
- castellan
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- topic's main category
- Category:Burgraves
- female form of label
- borggrevinne
- Commons category
- Burgraves
- different from
- viscount
- applies to jurisdiction
- Principality of Moldavia
- male form of label
- бургграф
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thumb|right|The Burggraf von Regensburg|Burgrave of Regensburg presiding over a [[trial, early 14th-century illustration in the Codex Manesse.]]
Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from , ), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate (German Burggrafschaft also Burggrafthum, Latin praefectura).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “burgrave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.