MARQUESS


Meaning of MARQUESS in English

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or marquis

European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count or earl.

The wife of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. The term originally denoted a count holding a march, or mark (frontier district).

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[c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions)

Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl

Dalhousie James Andrew Broun Ramsay marquess of

Gálvez José marquess de la Sonora

Graziani Roldolfo marquess di Neghelli

Montrose James Graham 5th earl and 1st marquess of

Pombal Sebastião de Carvalho marquess de

Pucci Emilio marquess di Barsento

Rockingham Charles Watson Wentworth 2nd marquess of

Wellesley of Norragh Richard Colley Wellesley Marquess

Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel Curzon Marquess

Lansdowne Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of

Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil 3rd marquess of

Caulaincourt Armand Augustin Louis marquis de

Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat marquis de

La Galissonnière Roland Michel Barrin marquis de

Laplace Pierre Simon marquis de

Louvois François Michel Le Tellier marquis de

Sade Marquis de

Lafayette Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier marquis de

Montcalm de Saint Véran Louis Joseph de Montcalm Grozon marquis de

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