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A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness / ˌ m ɑː r ʃ ə ˈ n ɛ s /. [4] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate. The honorific prefix " The Most Honourable " precedes the name of a marquess or marchioness of the United Kingdom .
This is a list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922.
From that period the title appears to have been dormant until it was revived by Henry VI in 1442. The only woman to be appointed as a marquess in her own right was Anne Boleyn, who was created Marchioness of Pembroke in preparation for her marriage to Henry VIII. The investiture ceremony was held at Windsor Castle on 1 September 1532.
Marchioness of Dungannon: 18 July 1716: Schulenberg Extinct 10 May 1743: Subsidiary title of the Duchess of Munster; created Duchess of Kendal in Great Britain in 1719; peerage for life only Marquess of Kildare [18] 3 March 1761: FitzGerald Extant Created Duke of Leinster in 1766 Marquess of Clanricarde [19] 17 August 1789: de Burgh-Canning ...
Marquess, Margrave, or Marquis (literally "Count of a March" (=Border territory)) was the ruler of a marquessate, margraviate, or march. The female equivalent is Marchioness, Margravine, or Marquise. Grand Župan, a more influential Župan. Landgrave (literally "Land Count"), a German title, ruler of a landgraviate (large / provincial territory).
the last Marquis of Cea being Don Jayme Artal Castelvi, who lost the fief in 1669 due to the Camarassa affair. The fief consisted in the two villages of Banari and Siligo , that became afterwards the county of Montacuto (in 1699, to Fortesa family) and, after the extinction of that title, the county of Villanova Montesanto (1741 to Musso family).
The Marquess of Pembroke. The then extinct title of Earl of Pembroke had been very significant for the House of Tudor.It was held by Henry VIII's grand-uncle, Jasper Tudor, and it referred to the birthplace of King Henry VII.
The Marquess of Crewe. Marquess of Crewe was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1911 for the Liberal statesman Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe.