A marquess (UK: /ˈmɑː(r)kwɪs/; French: marquis [maʁki]) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their...

The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier...

County of Rouergue County of Rodez County of Gevaudan Viscounty of Albi Marquisat of Gothia County of Champagne (to the royal domain in 1316) Dauphiné (1349)...

The Marquessate of Franchimont was a lordship forming the western frontier of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Its base was Franchimont Castle. It was made...

Gonzaga, already dukes of Mantua. In 1574 the fief was elevated from Marquisat to Duchy. Its territory, located in southern Piedmont, is still known...

Histoire de la Provence, pg. 16 Marquisat et Comtes en Provence, pg. 147-149 Marquisant et Comtes en Provence, pg. 157 Marquisat et Comptes en Provence, pg...

Montebello della Battaglia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km south of Milan and about...

County of Rouergue County of Rodez County of Gevaudan Viscounty of Albi Marquisat of Gothia Duke of Aquitaine History of Aquitaine Lewis, pp 400–401 and...

regions took the name of "march" (French: marche) or "marquisate" (French: marquisat). The precise geography of these districts is difficult to establish,...

Et Chronologiques: Contenant La fuite des terres érigées en titre de Marquisat, Comté Vicomté & Baronie, tant de France que des Pays-Bas ... (in French)...