Prussia, whose ancestors were burgraves of Nuremberg for over 200 years, is still styled burgrave of Nuremberg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg, was invested with the margravate of Brandenburg and the electoral dignity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference

Now did Arnold bring Birdalone to the town hall, wherein yet sat the deputy of the burgrave, who himself was in the leaguer at the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference

Libuša's foundation on the Hradšany and extending down to the river, probably under the rule of the King's lieutenant or burgrave, and finally the Old Town on the right bank with its own municipal institutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference

In Germany, owing to the peculiar conditions of the Empire, though the office of burgrave had become a sinecure by the end of the 13th century, the title, as borne by feudal nobles having the status of princes of the Empire, obtained a quasi-royal significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

He was hereditary burgrave of Antwerp, but officer of Philip's never more.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

The senators had come forth in a body to receive the burgrave and escort him to the hotel prepared for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

The Prince, who was hereditary burgrave of the city, had at first declined the invitation of the magistracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

The court had intrusted to him, as burgrave or castellan of Calstein, the custody of the Bohemian crown, and of the national charter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Thirty Years War — Volume 01] Reference

Now did Arnold bring Birdalone to the town hall, wherein yet sat the deputy of the burgrave, who himself was in the leaguer at the Red.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Water of the Wondrous Isles] Reference

Emperors, until at length, in the twelfth century, a representative of the Hohenzollerns became by marriage burgrave of the important city of.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.] Reference

When once I seize from the Soplicas the castle of my ancestors, I will establish you within its walls as my burgrave: your tale, Gerwazy, has mightily affected me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812] Reference

The Prince, as hereditary burgrave of that city, was entitled to a large share of the appointing power in these political arrangements, which at the moment were of great importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

Three of the members of the regency, Slavata and Martinetz and the burgrave of Prague, were peculiarly obnoxious on account of the implacable spirit with which they had ever persecuted the reformers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power] Reference

Orange himself, as burgrave of Antwerp, at the request of the duchess visited the town and with the aid of Brederode and Meghem succeeded in effecting a compromise between the Catholic and Protestant parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Holland] Reference

When the burgrave, Frederick of Hohenzollern, came to take possession of his new territory he was received with the jesting remark: "Were it to rain burgraves for a whole year, we should not allow them to grow in the march.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View] Reference

They took from him his office of burgrave, or constable of the castle, which had rendered him dependent on the court, thereby opening his eyes to the importance of the other which remained, and wounded his vanity, which yet was the thing that made his ambition harmless.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Thirty Years War — Volume 01] Reference

The town council renewed its entreaties to the duchess to assist, by her personal presence, their perplexities, or at least to send to them the Prince of Orange, as the only person for whom the people still had any respect, and, moreover, as specially bound to the town of Antwerp by his hereditary title of its burgrave.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 03] Reference

"Bernard Hertzog relates that the burgrave Hugh, surnamed Lupus, or the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference

Aremberg, and Brederode from Antwerp; remonstrating with her against any plan she might be supposed to entertain of sending mercenary troops into the city; pledging the word of the senate to keep the peace, meanwhile, by their regular force; and above all, imploring her once more, in the most urgent terms, to send thither the burgrave, as the only man who was capable of saving the city from the calamities into which it was so likely to fall.    From Wordnik.com.  [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference

The king nominates every year, out of the consuls or burgomasters, a burgrave, to represent his person in the senate: and all sentences of death must be signed by him in the king's name; for nobody can be executed here without such signing: and there is a very out of the way distinction in those executions; for natives must be always executed before Arlus-house, or the townhouse, and foreigners near one of the gates of the city, where the prison lies: all those that are executed in the city are beheaded; but all thieves and robbers (the others 'crimes being offences against the state) are to be hanged about two miles out of town, at a famous gallows supported by four pillars of brick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.] Reference

A burgrave dwells, among all burgraves famed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poems] Reference

Their leader, addressing Slavata, Martinetz, and Diepold, the burgrave, said, "Our business is with you.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power] Reference