marquis
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Gianfrancesco I, the first marquis, set the tone in the 1420s by inviting the Padua-based humanist Vittorino da Feltre, whose new Mantua academy created a template for Renaissance education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A 2005 biography of Bradford suggested she was indeed descended from lofty stock by way of her mother, who was, it said, the illegitimate daughter of a marquis.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
Lamb, meanwhile, one of Fetterman’s chief primary opponents in the state’s marquis Senate contest, is eager to hear Biden’s remarks on his sweeping infrastructure bill in person.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
An homage to Markle’s sensibilities, the Grace collection features marquis diamond earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2019
The marquis was 19 when he left France and reported to General Washington in Philadelphia in 1777.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
“If those marquises came back to life and saw this house, they would surely die again,” joked Elayne Clavel, 26, wife of musician Villa.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
He became a close friend of counts, marquises and businesspeople, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014
The list was spattered with landowners, containing 11 dukes, six marquises, 14 earls and nine viscounts.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2013
There are approximately 28 dukes, 42 marquises, 230 earls, 103 viscounts, 484 barons in the peerage at present, not including the 27 women who hold titles in their own right.
From Time Magazine Archive
What did Providence mean by creating marquises unfurnished with necessary adjuncts?
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
