margravate , także: margraviate

He was unmarried and the margraviate went to his brother Henry.

In the 10th century Schweinfurt was the seat of a margraviate.

Nevertheless, the conflict with his brother continued as he tried to regain the margraviate.

William left a son, John, who inherited the margraviate.

The wedding was the most festive celebration in the history of the margraviate.

By that time the margraviate was de facto independent of any sovereign authority.

Their father's last will and testament forbade a further division of the margraviate.

He had great fortune in extending the boundaries of the margraviate against his neighbours.

In 1559 the lordship was elevated to the rank of margraviate.

The conflict was settled after mediation by the nobility of the city and the margraviate.

After her death in 1225, the brothers were declared legal adults and began ruling the Margraviate jointly.

At the of the 15th century the political system of the margraviate was largely stabilized.

Thus, the economy of the margraviate gradually came to resemble a planned economy.

He managed to militarily secure his margraviate and to stabilize its market economy.

The consolidation of the Margraviate came in 1442.

It was no matter, for he died a few days thence and the margraviate passed to his sister Matilda.

Nicholas was succeeded by Francis, who governed the margraviate for almost forty years.

When his uncle received news of his death, he returned at once to the margraviate to handle the succession.

The Bavarian part of it became a margraviate.

In 1106 the duchy of Lower Lorraine and the margraviate were united.

The fief of Viborg became known as a margraviate.

Albrecht took back the Meißen margraviate from his brother.

Otto consequently signed the treaty and confirmed the borders of the margraviate during his absence.

His youngest sister Isabella inherited the margraviate from him on his death in 1278.

The margraviate he inherited was divided by years of constant war and few communes remained faithful.