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  1. History

     Holy Roman Empire territories  Bohemia  Poland  Prussia  England and France 

  2. See also

  3. References

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Burgrave also rendered as Burggrave[1][2] (from {{lang-de|Burggraf}},[1] {{lang-la|burgravius, burggravius, burcgravius, burgicomes, also praefectus}}), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate (German Burggrafschaft also Burggrafthum, Latin praefectura).[1][3][4] The burgrave was a "count" in rank (German Graf, Latin comes)[2] equipped with judicial powers,[3][4] under the direct authority of the Emperor or King, or of a territorial imperial state—a prince-bishop or territorial lord. The responsibilities were administrative, military and jurisdictional. A burgrave, who ruled over a substantially large territory, may also have possessed the regality of coinage, and could mint their own regional coins (see silver bracteates).

History

Etymologically, the word "burgrave" is the English and French form of the German noble title Burggraf (compounded from Burg: castle, fortress or equally fortified town and Graf: count[2]) from Middle High German burcgrâve,[5][6] feminine form: "burgravine", in German Burggräfin (from Middle High German burcgrâvin).[3][5][7]

From the early High Middle Ages, the German Burggraf (burgrave) was originally the military governor or commander of a castle,[4] similar to that of the Anglo-Norman French "castellain" and Middle English "castellan" (from {{lang-la|castellanus}}).[8][9]

From the mid-12th century, King Conrad III of Germany created the burgrave a new quality, especially during the German eastward colonization. They became protectors and administrators of extensive royal territories near major imperial castles, such as Meissen, Altenburg and Leisnig, and received "judicial lordship" (German: Gerichtsherrschaft[6]). They also acted as colonizers and created their own dominions.

Under the reign of King Rudolf I of Germany, their dignity was considerably advanced.[2] Before his time, burgraves were ranked only as "counts" (Graf), and below the princes (Fürst), but began to be esteemed on a footing with princes under Rudolf I.[2]

Holy Roman Empire territories

In the Kingdom of Germany, owing to the distinct conditions of the Holy Roman Empire, the title, as borne by feudal nobles having the status of Reichsfürst (princes of the Empire), obtained a quasi-royal significance.[10]

Like other officials of the feudal state, some burgraves soon became hereditary rulers. There were four hereditary burgraviates ranking as principalities within the Holy Roman Empire, plus the burgraviate of Meissen:

  • The Burgraviate of Antwerp (in present-day Belgium): this was a title inherited from the Margraviate of Antwerp by the Counts of Nassau, lords of Breda, who later inherited the title Prince of Orange. The most famous holder was William the Silent, who used his influence over the city to control its local government and use it as a base for the Dutch Revolt. Subsequently in the Low countries, the rank of burggraaf evolved into the nobiliary synonymous with viscount.[11][12][13][14][15] The title "Viscount of Antwerp" is still claimed by the reigning monarch of the Netherlands as one of its subsidiary titles.[16]
  • The Burgraviate of Magdeburg,
  • The Burgraviate of Friedberg,
  • The Burgraviate of Meissen,
  • The Burgraviate of Nuremberg: established by King Conrad III of Germany, the first burgraves were from the Austrian Count's Raabs an der Thaya, and then passed to the count's surviving son-in-law from the House of Hohenzollern, which, since Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, continued to hold it until 1801. It was still included among the subsidiary titles of several German (semi-)sovereign princes; and the king of Prussia, whose ancestors were burgraves of Nuremberg for over 200 years, maintained the additional style of Burggraf von Nürnberg.[10]

Bohemia

In the Crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia, the title of burgrave was given by the King of Bohemia to the chief officer, or the regal official who commands in quality of viceroy.[2] From the 14th century, the burgrave of Prague—the highest-ranking of all burgraves, seated at Prague castle, gradually became the state's highest-ranking official, who also acted as the king's deputy;[17] the office became known as the high or supreme burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech: {{ill|Nejvyšší purkrabí|cz|}}), the appointment was usually for life. After the reforms of Maria Theresa (reign 1740-1780) and her son Joseph II (reign 1780-1790), the highest burgrave gradually lost its de facto power. The title of the highest burgrave, however, was still granted, and its holder remained the first officer of the kingdom. It was abolished in 1848.

Poland

In the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the burgrave (Polish: burgrabia, earlier also murgrabia) was also of senatorial rank (i.e. held a seat in the upper chamber of the Senate of Poland). Ranking first among them was the "Burgrave of Kraków" (Polish: {{ill|Burgrabia krakowski|pl|}}) of the former capital of Poland and Wawel Castle, who was appointed directly by the King of Poland; the royal office was originally created during the reign of Casimir III the Great. At that time, Kraków's burgrave was also chief judge of the Supreme Court of German Law (see Magdeburg Law) erected in Kraków in lieu of Magdeburg.[18] The burgrave of Kraków also collected an income from the royal Wieliczka Salt Mine, run by the Royal Salt Mines company Żupy krakowskie since the 13th century.

Prussia

In the Kingdom of Prussia, the burgrave was one of the four chief officers of a province, delegated by the King of Prussia.[2]

England and France

In Anglo-French parlance, a burgrave was considered analogous to a viscount.[1][19]

See also

  • Dohna Castle
  • Burgmann
  • Ministerialis
  • Vogt
  • List of the burgraves of Meissen

References

1. ^{{Cite book|title=The New and Complete Dictionary of the German and English Languages|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wW5BAAAAYAAJ|first=Johann|last=Ebers|authorlink=|publisher=Breitkopf and Haertel|location=Leipzig|date=1796|pages=502-503|language=German, English|volume=1|isbn=}}
2. ^{{Cite book|title=The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TEM840mSEHcC|first=Abraham Rees|last=Ebers|authorlink=|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown etc.|location=London|date=1819|pages=|at=BURGGRAVE|language=|volume=V|isbn=}}
3. ^Encyclopædia Britannica; Definition of burgrave (title).  
4. ^Duden; Definition of Burggraf (in German).  
5. ^{{Cite book|title=Kleines Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch|trans-title=Small Middle High German Dictionary|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ViboBQAAQBAJ|first=Beate|last=Hennig|authorlink=|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|location=Berlin|date=2014|page=48|language=German|volume=|isbn=9783110328776}}
6. ^{{Cite book|title=Land and Lordship: Structures of Governance in Medieval Austria|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HE41CgAAQBAJ|first=Otto|last=Brunner|authorlink=|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Philadelphia|date=1992|pages=201|language=German|volume=|isbn=}}
7. ^Duden; Definition of Burggräfin (in German).  
8. ^{{Cite book|title=The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z83VnfW2MJUC|first=Abraham Rees|last=Ebers|authorlink=|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown etc.|location=London|date=1819|pages=|at=CASTELLAIN|language=|volume=6|isbn=}}
9. ^{{Cite book|title=Webster’s New World College Dictionary|url=|first=|last=|authorlink=|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=London|date=2003|pages=|at=castellan|language=|volume=|isbn=9780764556029}}
10. ^{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Burgrave|volume=4|page=820}}
11. ^{{cite book |title=The Rise of the Dutch Republic, vol. 2|first=John Lothrop|last =Motley|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1855|page=37}}
12. ^{{cite book |title=A Short History of the Netherlands (Holland and Belgium)|first=Andrew|last =Young|publisher=T. F. Unwin|location= Netherlands|year=1886 |page=315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Kg8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=%22viscount+of+antwerp%22&source=bl&ots=qNIOq6B_J0&sig=_TzfGSw3lCl2JCWvsL69VGs2y68&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qm-nUc2IFfS34AOi1oDACg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22viscount%20of%20antwerp%22&f=false}}
13. ^{{cite book |title=William the Silent, Prince of Orange: the moderate man of the sixteenth century : the story of his life as told from his own letters, from those of his friends and enemies and from official documents, Volume 1|first=Ruth|last =Putnam|publisher=Putnam|year=1895 |page=211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfRIEYmanr8C&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=%22viscount+of+antwerp%22&source=bl&ots=aZYgHlkxxA&sig=FUp-Lw6UYZPZmFgVstTElZlZsNo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qm-nUc2IFfS34AOi1oDACg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22viscount%20of%20antwerp%22&f=false}}
14. ^{{cite book |title=The Dutch Revolt |first=Geoffrey|last =Parker|publisher=Penguin|year=2002}}
15. ^{{cite book |title=The Princes of Orange: The Stadholders in the Dutch Republic|first=Herbert H. |last = Rowen|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press|year=1990}}
16. ^{{cite web| last = Koninklijkhuis| title = Frequently asked questions re King William-Alexander| publisher = Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD)| year = 2013| url = http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/frequently-asked-questions/| format = web| accessdate = 2013-05-30| quote = " The King's full official titles are King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Marquis of Veere and Vlissingen, Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven and Liesveld, Hereditary Lord and Seigneur of Ameland, Lord of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, 't Loo, Geertruidenberg, Klundert, Zevenbergen, Hoge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach and Dasburg, Viscount of Antwerp."| deadurl = yes| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621044856/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/globale-paginas/taalrubrieken/english/frequently-asked-questions| archivedate = 2013-06-21| df = }}
17. ^{{Cite book|title=George of Bohemia: King of Heretics|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DDLWCgAAQBAJ|first=Frederick Gotthold|last=Heymann|authorlink=|publisher=Princetown University Press|location=Princeton, New Jersey|date=1965|pages=451-452, 505-506|language=|volume=|isbn=}}
18. ^{{Cite book|title=The Present State of Europe: Exhibiting a View of the Natural and Civil History of the Several Countries and Kingdoms ... To which is Prefixed, an Introductory Discourse on the Principles of Polity and Government|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ISQLAAAAYAAJ|first=M. Eobald|last=Toze|authorlink=|publisher=J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty|location=London|date=1770|pages=295|language=|volume=3|isbn=}}
19. ^{{Cite book|title=Vollständiges Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache für die Deutschen|trans-title=Complete dictionary of the English language for the Germans|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oPBIAAAAcAAJ|first=Johann|last=Ebers|authorlink=|publisher=Breitkopf and Haertel|location=Leipzig|date=1794|pages=1033|language=English, German|volume=2|isbn=}}

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