The hereditary title of the rulers of certain European states. [ 25
the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
Margrave is the English and French form (recorded since 1551) of the German title Markgraf (from Mark "march" and Graf "count") and certain equivalent nobiliary ("princely") titles in other languages. The wife of a margrave is called a margravine or in German Markgräfin.