Correct Migration Category for "Rheingrafschaft" to Hungary in 1784

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Hi need for Ludwig Schmidt the correct migration category.

I use "Migrants from Electorate of Trier to Kingdom of Hungary". But this is not exact.

The town he leaves is Thalfang. In 1784 it is part of "Rheingrafschaft".

No article for it in English Wikipedia : https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheingrafen

I tried deepl for translation, but it translates to Rhine County or County of Rhine. Which is in English Wikipedia, but linked to the German "Rheingau": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheingau Butthe place Thalfang is not in the Rheingau, it is in the Hunsrück, area was also called Mark Thalfang. Both Mark Thalfang and Rheingau are subregions of the "Rheingrafenschaft".

I was proposed to use "Earldom of Rhine".

Any other proposal ? Else I would go on and create a migration category of that name.

The mentioned profile includes some info on the place in its research notes. Since it was not so easy to find a good explanation for it not being part of "Hintere Grafschaft Sponheim" nor "Kurfürstentum Trier". It is just on the border to "Kurfürstentum Trier".

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The Portuguese Wikipedia suggests an unsourced  "Rhinegrave", and actually Wiktionary has it too.

by Jelena Eckstädt G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz

But that's the title, it would then be Rhinegraviate, I guess. But English Wikipedia explaining the title leads you to Rheingau again.

MMM Rhinegrave in deepl also leads to "Rheingraben" which is something totally different

I almost tend to use the "Earldom of Rhine"

After discussion in German Stammtisch created the category as "Rhinegraviate" following "Margraviate" which already exists in the migration category. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Migrants_from_Rhinegraviate_to_Kingdom_of_Hungary

As discussed in STAMMTISCH we ended up with "Rhinegraviate"

 Migrants_from_Rhinegraviate_to_Kingdom_of_Hungary

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