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landgrave
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Landgrave \Land"grave`\, n. [G. landgraf; land land + graf earl, count; cf. D. landgraaf, F. landgrave.] A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France. Note: The title was first adopted by some German counts ...
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n. 1 (context rare English) specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany. 2 County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary ...
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n. a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany
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Landgrave ( Dutch landgraaf , German Landgraf ; Swedish lantgreve , French landgrave ; Latin comes magnus , comes patriae , comes provinciae , comes terrae , comes principalis , lantgravius ) was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire , and later on ...
Usage examples of landgrave.
II RELATIONS WITH THE INQUISITORS Soon after reaching Venice, Casanova learned that the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, following the example of other German princes, wished a Venetian correspondent for his private affairs.
There were many other tasteful presents, from various barons, archbishops, princes, landgraves, tributary kings, corporations, popes, sultans, royal commissions, urban district councils, czars, beys, mahatmas, and so forth, but the nicest present of all was sent most affectionately by his own guardian, old Sir Ector.
The Landgrave Hermann held a gathering Of minstrels, minnesingers, troubadours, At Wartburg in his palace, and the knight, Sir Tannhauser of France, the greatest bard, Inspired with heavenly visions, and endowed With apprehension and rare utterance Of noble music, fared in thoughtful wise Across the Horsel meadows.
A knightly minstrel, who has taken part in one of the tournaments of song which tradition says used to be held at the court of the Landgrave of Thuringia in the early part of the thirteenth century, has, by his song and bearing, won the heart of Elizabeth, niece of the Landgrave.
There was a Landgrave Hermann of Thuringia whose court was held in the Wartburg--that noble castle which in a later century gave shelter to Martin Luther while he endowed the German people with a reformed religion, their version of the Bible and a literary language.
Enough proof of Tran-ky-ky's erratic history both sociological and climatological to convince the stubbornest bureaucrat or Landgrave of The Truth.
Should the Landgrave leave naught but female offspring, then the eldest receives a suitor selected by the Council.
Combine that with the landgrave of Hesse's efforts to make the knights his vassals before the NUS showed up, and figure that the NUS was allied with the king of Sweden who was allied with the Hessians, who were Calvinists .
Why else would the landgrave have been concerned about a little old lady?