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Definition of Margravates
1. margravate [n] - See also: margravate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Margravates
Literary usage of Margravates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon by Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell (1893)
"With these margravates and the contiguous bishoprics of Wurtzburg and Bamberg,
with the possessions sacrificed by Austria in Suabia, with the bishoprics of ..."
2. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1881)
"Thus the formation of these Marches (Murken, Mark- grafschaften,1 or margravates)
by Henry I of Germany, with their organised frontier force, ..."
3. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"... consisting of a couple of kingdoms, a few grand-duchies, a large number of
duchies and hundreds of margravates, principalities, baronies, electorates, ..."
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