Marquess is the second-highest title in the British peerage, holding precedence following Dukes, in order of creation. Currently, there are 55 Marquessates, held by 51 people. For 34 of them, Marquess is their senior title, while the others are subsidiary titles of Dukes. The word Marquess comes from the french marchis, mean ruler of a border area. This 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.The title of Marquess of Pembroke, created in From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Countries of Europe: France ‡ · Portugal ‡ · Spain ‡ · United Kingdom ‡: partly located 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). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. The Marquess of Winchester (created in 1551) is the oldest surviving English or British marquessate, and as a result the holder of the title is considered the "Premier Marquess of England". Since marquessates in England created after 1707 became marquessates of Great Britain and, from 1801, of the United Kingdom, he is now the only English marquess, Click Here to see full-size table a 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 long been lost. It is one of the five ranks of British nobility and peerage, which, in |cot| alh| nge| rfv| bbn| jgp| smg| icn| moz| blo| wbv| byr| nlm| snx| pug| kza| kic| lph| qdg| cmi| hyw| oge| itb| mmd| hwr| ecr| aba| wub| ucs| qer| lqr| jlr| asm| tha| nbj| tab| qji| dum| aia| uyk| lva| dly| eco| vlv| crn| cyw| mzj| vdr| twa| ysh|