Landgrave (Dutch landgraaf, German Landgraf; French landgrave; Latin comes magnus, comes patriae, comes provinciae, comes terrae, comes principalis, lantgravius) was a title only used in the Holy Roman Empire and later on by its former territories. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration an official position or a professional or academic qualification The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The title refers to a count who had feudal duty directly to the Holy Roman Emperor. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin His jurisdiction stretched over a sometimes quite considerable territory, which was not subservient to an intermediate power like a Duke, a Bishop or Count Palatine. A duke is a member of the Nobility, historically of highest rank below the Sovereign, and historically controlled a Duchy or a Dukedom A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight This article gives details on the history of the Count Palatine in Mediaeval European Palatinate regions and social structure The title survived from the times of the Holy Roman Empire (first records in Lower Lotharingia from 1086 on: Henry III of Leuven as landgrave of Brabant). The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Henry III of Leuven (died Tournai in 1095 was Count of Leuven from 1078 to 1095 A landgrave by definition exercised sovereign rights. His decision-making power was comparable to that of a Duke.
Landgrave occasionally continued in use as the subsidiary title of such nobility as the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar, who functioned as the Landgrave of Thuringia in the first decade of the 20th century, but the title fell into disuse after World War I. Saxe -Weimar (Sachsen-Weimar was a Duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
The jurisdiction of a landgrave was a landgraviate and the wife of a landgrave was a landgravine. Examples: Landgrave of Thuringia, Landgrave of Hesse, Princely (Gefürsteter) Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (around a Bavarian castle; later made a duchy). This is a list of the rulers of Thuringia, an historical and political region of Central Germany. Hesse (Hessen in German is a region of west-central Germany. Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century it was Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a Count (derived from the Latin Comes, with a history of its own or a British Leuchtenberg is a municipality in the district of Neustadt in Bavaria in Germany, essentially a suburb of nearby Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Landgraviate refers to the rank, office, or territory held by a landgrave.
Landgravine refers to the wife of a Landgrave or one who exercises the office or holds the rank in her own right.
Literature
- Mayer, Theodor, Über Entstehung und Bedeutung der älteren deutschen Landgrafschaften, in Mitteralterliche Studien – Gesammelte Aufsätze, ed. F. Knapp (Sigmaringen 1958) 187-201. Also published in Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Germanische Abteilung 58 (1938) 210-288.
- Mayer, T. , 'Herzogtum und Landeshoheit', Fürsten und Staat. Studien zur Verfassungsgeschichte des deutschen Mittelalters (Weimar 1950) 276-301.
- Eichenberger, T. , Patria: Studien zur Bedeutung des Wortes im Mittelalter (6. -12. Jahrhundert), Nationes – Historische und philologische Untersuchungen zur Entstehung der europäischen Nationen im Mittelalter 9 (Sigmaringen 1991).
- Van Droogenbroeck, F. J. , De betekenis van paltsgraaf Herman II (1064-1085) voor het graafschap Brabant, in Eigen Schoon en De Brabander, 87 (Brussel 2004) 1-166.
Other meanings of Landgrave
- Cassiques: for information on the use of the term in the colonial Province of Carolina
Dictionary
landgrave
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- Anglicised rendering of Landgraf, a rare, specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
- County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
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