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What is Margrave ? and Margravines ?

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Tutankhamon

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Oct 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/29/96
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Hi friends.

Can any of you enlighten me abou what's a Margravine ?
And what is Margrave ?
In my own GEDCOM those names are listed but still I didn't figure it out.

Thanks for any reply,

Carlos Moreira __o
etpm...@ci.ua.pt -\<,
Aveiro, Portugal (_)/(_)


William Addams Reitwiesner

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Oct 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/30/96
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etpm...@ci.ua.pt (Tutankhamon) wrote:
>Hi friends.
>
>Can any of you enlighten me abou what's a Margravine ?
>And what is Margrave ?
>In my own GEDCOM those names are listed but still I didn't figure it out.

"Margrave" is the English rendering of the German "Markgraf". It's the
same as "Marquis", "Marquess", Marques", etc. Originally it was someone
who managed the border areas (or Marches). "Margravine" is the wife of a
Margrave.


William Addams Reitwiesner
wr...@erols.com


Bruce Simmons

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Oct 31, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/31/96
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Hi Carlos,

Originally margrave = Markgraf was the military governor or count of a
"mark", or border province. This "mark" is the equivalent of the English
march. Margravine is the wife of the margrave. The title is equivalent to
marquis. I suspect that marquis has the same meaning, but someone versed
in French will have to tell us.

Regards,

Bruce

Tutankhamon <etpm...@ci.ua.pt> wrote in article
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> Hi friends.
>
> Can any of you enlighten me abou what's a Margravine ?
> And what is Margrave ?
> In my own GEDCOM those names are listed but still I didn't figure it out.
>

brig...@qrz.com

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Nov 1, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/1/96
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About this subject and related matters there is an
excellent FAQ from Mark Odegard under
http://128.220.1.164/heraldry/topics/odegard/titlefaq.htm

Regards,
brigitte gastel lloyd


William Tooke

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Nov 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/22/96
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etpm...@ci.ua.pt (Tutankhamon) wrote:

>Hi friends.

>Can any of you enlighten me abou what's a Margravine ?
>And what is Margrave ?
>In my own GEDCOM those names are listed but still I didn't figure it out.

>Thanks for any reply,

>Carlos Moreira __o
>etpm...@ci.ua.pt -\<,
>Aveiro, Portugal (_)/(_)

From my understanding a Margrave is a title of nobility. I would
suspect that a Margravine is the wife of a Margrave. In the British
nobility a "Marquis" is below a Duke and above Viscounts and Barons.

Bill


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