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Rhinegrave

(G. Rheingraf; Rhein, Rhine + graf, count)

A Rhinegrave was a nobleman with the status of a count in the 12th and 13th cent., the governor of one of the many castles or fortresses along the Rhine River in West Germany, who had the entitlement of levying tolls for passage along the river.

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