margraviate
- a variation of margravate.
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Population.—At the beginning of the 19th century Baden was only a margraviate, with an area little exceeding 1300 sq. m., and a population of 210,000.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Hence the province, which belonged to the Austrian empire, was called the margraviate of Moravia.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Gradisca originally formed part of the margraviate of Friuli, came under the patriarchate of Aquileia in 1028, and in 1420 to Venice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Louis of Bavaria invests his son with the margraviate of Brandenburg.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
Under the old German Empire it was a margraviate, which in 1533 was divided into Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach, but reunited in 1771.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
