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a count with a border to guard, so basically nobility with anxiety.
means a medieval military governor who ruled a frontier territory (a march) on behalf of a king, with more autonomy than an ordinary count.
from from old high german markgraf, literally mark (border territory) plus graf (count) — the same root that gives us denmark and the marches of england and wales.
rank boostoften outranked regular counts due to border duties
brandenburg linkmargraves of brandenburg became prussian kings
female versionmargravine ruled or held the title too