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Bookmark or Share- List of marquesses in the peerages of Britain and IrelandThis is a list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922. It does not mention any Marquessates held as a ...
- What’s the Difference Between a Duke, Earl, Count, Viscount, Baron, and ...There are currently 34 marquesses, the most senior of which is the Marquess of Winchester, which was created in 1551. After marquesses come the earls, a title equivalent to that of a count in other parts of Europe (and the female version of an earl is called a countess).
- Marquess - WikipediaImperial, royal, noble,gentry and chivalric ranks in Europe. A marquess (UK: / ˈmɑː (r) kwɪs /; [1] French: marquis [maʁki]) [2][a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave).
- List of marquessates in the peerages of Britain and IrelandThis article lists all marquessates, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The title of Marquess of Dublin, which is perhaps best described as Anglo-Irish, was the first to be created, in 1385, but like the next few creations, the title was soon forfeit.
- Marquess | British Noble Title, Definition & History | BritannicaMarquess, marquess equivalentsa European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count, or earl. Etymologically the word marquess or margrave denoted a count or earl holding a march, or mark, that is, a frontier district; but this original significance has.
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