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  2. Marquess - Wikipedia

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    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 (/ m ɑː (r) ˈ ʃ ə n ɛ s / [3]) or marquise (French: ⓘ). These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan.

  3. List of peerages inherited by women - Wikipedia

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    This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of peerages inherited by women" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2011) In the peerages of the British Isles, most titles have traditionally been created for ...

  4. Lady Alexandra Metcalfe - Wikipedia

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    Her father's Indian servants called her "Baba Sahib", "Baby Master", and she was thereafter best known as "Baba". She and her sisters, Irene (" Nina ") and Cynthia (" Cimmie ") were brought up at Hackwood Park , Hampshire, and Montacute ; their London home, 1 Carlton Gardens in Carlton House Terrace , became a centre of elite social life after ...

  5. List of peerages created for women - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of peerages created for women in the peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom. It does not include peerages created for men which were later inherited by women, or life peerages created since 1958 under the Life Peerages Act 1958. Background Prior to the regular creation of life peerages, the great majority of peerages were created for men ...

  6. India's pioneering female anthropologist who challenged Nazi ...

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    Born in British-ruled India, and at a time when women didn't have many rights or freedoms, Karve did the unthinkable: she pursued higher studies in a foreign country, became a college professor ...

  7. Marquesses in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The genuine marquess as a peer, however, is always "The Most Honourable The Marquess of [X]", to differentiate a marquess by courtesy (i.e., the heir to a dukedom) from a marquess in his own right. The spelling of the title in a few older Scottish cases is "Marquis", particularly when the title was created prior to the formation of the Kingdom ...

  8. Peerage of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...

  9. Women in India - Wikipedia

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...