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    Marquess (redirect from Marquisat)
    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...
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    Gonzaga, already dukes of Mantua. In 1574 the fief was elevated from Marquisat to Duchy. Its territory, located in southern Piedmont, is still known...
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    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)...
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    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...
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    been formed in 1353 by integration of the old County of Luxembourg, the marquisat of Arlon, the counties of Durbuy and Laroche, and the districts of Thionville...
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  • 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...
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    Moreover, Raymond ceded the eastern provinces of his lands to Louis and the Marquisat de Provence to the Catholic church. The treaty also gave the Inquisition...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Scarron became employed by the bookseller Quinet and called his works his "marquisat de Quinet." He had also a pension from Nicolas Fouquet, and one from the...
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