burggraf

name 1noun 1

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name

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A surname from German.

noun

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Alternative form of burgrave.

Elective sovereigns of Germany, all the German kings, and dukes, and margrafs, and burggrafs were numbered among their retainers.

The castle, built on a precipitous rock overlooking the town, and formerly the residence of the markgrafs, burggrafs, and bishops of M., was rebuilt in 1471; […]

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