margraves in English
noun
1
the hereditary title of some princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Long after Charlemagne, and even long after the Middle Ages, there were lords in Germany called margraves , still reflecting the administrative inheritance from the early Middle Ages.
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1. After receiving damage during the second war with the margraves in 1552 the castle was restored in a Renaissance style.
2. In the Treaty of Soldin, the Teutonic Order purchased Brandenburg's supposed claim to the castles of Danzig, Schwetz (Świecie), and Dirschau (Tczew) and their hinterlands from the margraves for 10,000 marks on 13 September 1309.