the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
A burgrave is the ruler of a castle or fortified town. The English form is derived through the French from the German Burggraf and Dutch Burggraaf, a rank above Baron but below Graf (Count), or burch-graeve (Mediaeval Latin language burcgravius or burgicomes).
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