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English
Noun
markgravine (plural markgravines)
- Alternative form of margravine.
1706, The Present State of Europe: or, The Historical and Political Monthly Mercury, , volume XVIII, London: Henry Rhodes ; And the Assigns of Eliz. Harris, pages 142, 144, and 526:Next ſat the Markgraves and Markgravines. […] His Majeſty went about all the Town, having in his Coach her Royal Highneſs and the Markgravines. […] Then came the Markgravines and the Dutcheſs of Saxe Zeitz, conducted by their Gentlemen according to their Rank; […]
1723, [Abel] Boyer, The Political State, of Great Britain, volume XXVI, London: he Author, page 448:On the 8th of October N. S. the King of Great Britain arrived at Charlotteburgh from Heerenbauſen, and was receiv’d with great Magnificence and Reſpect by the King and Queen of Pruſſia, accompanied by the Prince Royal, the Four Young Princeſſes, the Markgraves Albert, and Chriſtian Ludowick, Uncles to his Pruſſian Majeſty, and the two Markgravines.
1750, , translated by William Phelips, The Life of Frederick-William I. Late King of Prussia. , London: T Osborne, , page 305:Some Hours afterwards a magnificent Supper was ſerved up; at which the King and the three Markgraves were ſeated at his Britannick Majeſty’s Right Hand, and the Queen, with the Princeſs Royal and the Markgravines, at his Left.
1975, Sibylle Harksen, Women in the Middle Ages, A. Schram, →ISBN, page 41, column 2:Two women played a lively part in the struggles of the German emperors against the papacy, the Markgravines Beatrix of Tuscany and her daughter Matilda.
1994, Wendell E. Wilson, The History of Mineral Collecting 1530-1799: (The Mineralogical Record →ISSN; volume 25, number 6), page 91:The tradition of collecting minerals extended from the Emperors on down to Kings, Princes, Electors, Dukes, Counts, Margraves and Markgravines, Landgraves and Landgravines across the German Empire.