Marquess

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A marquess is a noble title in various European peerage systems, ranking below a duke and above an earl or count.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marquess canonical 4
Kōshaku (Marquess) 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
noble title
addressedAs Lord
My Lord
alternativeSpelling marquis
marquisate (for the territory or dignity)
associatedTerritorialDesignation marquessate
category European nobility
aristocratic titles
commonInMonarchies constitutional monarchies
hereditary monarchies
etymologyFrom Old French marcheis
femaleAddressedAs Lady
My Lady
femaleEquivalentTitle Marchioness
Marquise
hasTitleForSpouse marchioness
higherRankThan count
earl
historicallyAssociatedWith border territories
frontier regions
historicalRole administration of marches
military defense of borderlands
languageOfTerm English
lowerRankThan duke
nobleRankOrder between duke and count
between duke and earl
pluralForm marquesses
precedenceInBritishPeerage below duke and above earl
third-highest rank
rankInNobility above count
above earl
below duke
relatedTo march
socialStatus high nobility
titleStyleInUK The Most Honourable
typicalInheritance primogeniture
usedIn British peerage
English peerage
French nobility
German nobility
Irish peerage
Italian nobility
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Portuguese peerage
surface form: Portuguese nobility

Peerage of Scotland
surface form: Scottish peerage

Spanish nobility

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke rankAbove Marquess
Ōyama Iwao nobleTitle Marquess
Matsukata Masayoshi honorificTitle Marquess
this entity surface form: Kōshaku (Marquess)