Message: "Margravine?" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Margravine?

by nessime

2/14/2008, 8:44 PM

I came across the name Margravine in a book recently. It's female, and I believe it's German in origin. Any ideas on its meaning?

#Margravine

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- Chrisell (nsi) (guest) +2

2/14/2008, 9:23 PM

It's a title, not a name. It's the feminine of Margrave, which is a German title of nobility.

http://www.answers.com/margravine
http://www.answers.com/topic/margrave

- nessime +1

2/15/2008, 1:30 PM

Ooooh, sorry. Must've misread it.

- Bastien Rosier

3/12/2008, 6:30 AM

It looks enough like a name that it could be used as one anyway, I suppose. I believe that Lady and Regina are common enough, as are Rex and Basil. This is the German equivalent to a British marchioness or a continental marquise.

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