Graf

[Green Knight]

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[Green Knight]

What about including the female variety of each title?

[Green Knight]

What about a baron-equivalent title for Brecht rules?

Markgraf for example - i.e. the Graf/Count of a March/Border province...which later gained in importance as more lands were civilized (provinces added to the Markgraf's domain).

Comments?

[AndrewTall]

Markgraf or Margraf sounds good, I always struggle with brechtur because graf is translated as count - it should really go to Duke given the power.

[Green Knight]

Don't think Kenneth had that in mind when he created the Graf page...it's like with Anuire, it's all a mess. The Count of Danigau is really a sovereign (King) after all...

[Thelandrin]

Are we really considering that High Brecht is comparable to Greek (graf/graph)? That sounds a bit odd to say the least.

[Birthright-L]

At 06:01 AM 5/7/2009, Thelandrin wrote:

>I`m not disputing the German, just the "Greek" High Brecht: The word
>comes from the High Brecht word "graph", meaning "to write",
>suggesting an origin as an administrative post.
>
>Are we equating High Brecht with Greek, as we do with Old Andu and Latin?

Are there any other indications that High Brecht comes from
Greek? If it`s just the one, I think it can be put down to an
anomaly or a loanword.

Gary