Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Marquess> ?p ?o }
- Marquess abstract "A marquess (UK /ˈmɑːkwɪs/; French: marquis, [mɑʁki]) is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The term is also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in imperial China and Japan.In Great Britain and Ireland, the correct spelling of the aristocratic title of this rank is marquess (although for aristocratic titles on the European mainland, the French spelling of marquis is often used in English). In Great Britain and Ireland, the title ranks below a duke and above an earl (see "Marquesses in the United Kingdom"). A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is called a marchioness /ˌmɑːrʃəˈnɛs/ in Great Britain and Ireland or a marquise /mɑrˈkiːz/ elsewhere in Europe. The dignity, rank or position of the title is referred to as a marquisate or marquessate.The theoretical distinction between a marquess and other titles has, since the Middle Ages, faded into obscurity. In times past, the distinction between a count and a marquess was that the land of a marquess, called a march, was on the border of the country, while a count's land, called a county, often was not. As a result of this, a marquess was trusted to defend and fortify against potentially hostile neighbors and was thus more important and ranked higher than a count. The title is ranked below that of a duke, which was often restricted to the royal family and those that were held in high enough esteem to be granted such a title.In the German lands, a Margrave was a ruler of an immediate Imperial territory (examples include the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Margrave of Baden and the Margrave of Bayreuth), not simply a nobleman like a marquess or marquis in Western and Southern Europe. German rulers did not confer the title of marquis; holders of marquisates in Central Europe were largely associated with the Italian and Spanish crowns.".
- Marquess thumbnail Wenceslas_Hollar_-_A_marquis_(State_1).jpg?width=300.
- Marquess wikiPageID "58253".
- Marquess wikiPageLength "13267".
- Marquess wikiPageOutDegree "102".
- Marquess wikiPageRevisionID "680211566".
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Afrikaans.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Albanian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Belarusian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Bosnian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Bulgarian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Byzantine_Empire.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Catalan_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Counts.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Marquessates.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Marquesses.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mens_social_titles.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Noble_titles.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Category:Peerage.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Coronation_of_Queen_Victoria.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Count.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink County.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink County_of_Mark.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Croatian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Czech_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Danish_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Duke.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Earl.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Estonian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Faroese_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Finnish_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Form_of_address.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink French_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Fürst.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Georgian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink German_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Goryeo.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Goryeo_dynasty.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Greek_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Hebrew_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink History_of_China.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Lords_Act_1999.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Hungarian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Icelandic_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Imperial_era_of_Chinese_history.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Irish_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Italian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Japan.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Joseon.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Joseon_dynasty.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Kazoku.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink King_Wu_of_Zhou.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Korea.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Latvian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_French_marquisates.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_marquessates_in_the_peerages_of_Britain_and_Ireland.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_marquesses_in_the_peerages_of_Britain_and_Ireland.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_marquises_in_Norway.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_marquises_in_Portugal.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink List_of_rulers_of_Brandenburg.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Lithuanian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Lord_Melbourne.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Macedonian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Maltese_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink March_(territorial_entity).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink March_(territory).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marcher_Lord.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marcher_lord.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marchesa_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marchese_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marchioness_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Margrave.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Margrave_of_Baden.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Margrave_of_Bayreuth.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Margrave_of_Brandenburg.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Margraviate_of_Baden.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Mark_(county).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marquesa_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marquesses_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marquis_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Marquise_(disambiguation).
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Meiji_Japan.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Meiji_period.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Middle_Ages.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Monegasque_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Monégasque_dialect.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Nobility.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Nobleman.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Norwegian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Polish_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Portuguese_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Principality_of_Bayreuth.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Rhaeto-Romance_languages.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Rhaeto-Romanic.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Romanian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Russian_language.
- Marquess wikiPageWikiLink Scots_language.