Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by state or condition]
6. aristocrats
7. nobles (aristocrats)
8. [nobles by gender]
9. noblemen

Anotations

Scope note:

People in medieval Germany and later who were appointed as the judicial and military representatives of the king in a burg, which was a fortified town. Eventually the title became hereditary and was associated with not only the burg but also the surrounding domain.