Editing Graf (section)

== Landgrave ==
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A {{lang|de|Landgraf}} or ''[[Landgrave]]'' was a nobleman of comital rank in feudal Germany whose jurisdiction stretched over a territory larger than usually held by a count within the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. The status of a landgrave was elevated, usually being associated with [[suzerain]]s who were subject to the Holy Roman Emperor but exercised sovereign authority within their lands and independence greater than the prerogatives to which a simple {{lang|de|Graf}} was entitled, but the title itself implied no specific, legal privileges.

{{lang|de|Landgraf}} occasionally continued in use as the subsidiary title of such minor royalty as the [[Elector of Hesse]] or the Grand Duke of [[Saxe-Weimar]], who functioned as the ''Landgrave'' of [[Thuringia]] in the first decade of the 20th century. The jurisdiction of a landgrave was a {{lang|de|Landgrafschaft}} or landgraviate, and the wife of a landgrave was a {{lang|de|Landgräfin}} or landgravine.

Examples: Landgrave of [[Thuringia]], Landgrave of [[Hesse]], Landgrave of {{lang|de|[[Leuchtenberg]]|italic=no}}, Landgrave of {{lang|de|[[Fürstenberg-Weitra]]|italic=no}}. The title is now borne by the hereditary heirs to the [[abolished monarchy|deposed monarchs]] of Hesse ([[Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse]] and Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld), who lost their throne in 1918.