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Title and rank of a nobleman who in the
British peerage ranks below a duke and above
an earl. The wife of a marquess is a
marchioness. The first English marquess was
created in 1385, but the lords of the
Scottish and Welsh `marches' were known as
marchiones before this date. The premier
English marquess is the Marquess of
Winchester (title created 1551).