How To Use Burgrave In A Sentence
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Libuša's foundation on the Hradšany and extending down to the river, probably under the rule of the King's lieutenant or burgrave, and finally the Old Town on the right bank with its own municipal institutions.
From a Terrace in Prague
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Now did Arnold bring Birdalone to the town hall, wherein yet sat the deputy of the burgrave, who himself was in the leaguer at the
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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Leiden's medieval name was Leithon, and it was governed until 1420 by burgraves, the representatives of the courts of Holland.
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In Prague Castle he had ten burgraves, very bold and famous men.
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At that time it began to be occupied by the king's burgraves.
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The senators had come forth in a body to receive the burgrave and escort him to the hotel prepared for him.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
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Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg, was invested with the margravate of Brandenburg and the electoral dignity.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876
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Later burgraves appear to stem from Henry's brother and to hold the Speyergau county in addition to the burgravate and cathedral advocacy.
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Prussia, whose ancestors were burgraves of Nuremberg for over 200 years, is still styled burgrave of Nuremberg.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
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Orange himself, as burgrave of Antwerp, at the request of the duchess visited the town and with the aid of Brederode and Meghem succeeded in effecting a compromise between the Catholic and Protestant parties.
History of Holland
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Emperors, until at length, in the twelfth century, a representative of the Hohenzollerns became by marriage burgrave of the important city of
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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When the burgrave, Frederick of Hohenzollern, came to take possession of his new territory he was received with the jesting remark: "Were it to rain burgraves for a whole year, we should not allow them to grow in the march.
Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View
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He meanwhile devoted himself to preserving peace in Antwerp, of which city he was burgrave.
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Now did Arnold bring Birdalone to the town hall, wherein yet sat the deputy of the burgrave, who himself was in the leaguer at the Red
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
