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Meaning of "marquessate"
marquessate (verb) - to confer or grant the title of marquess (a noble ranking above an earl or countess) to a person, typically by royal or governmental authority
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- The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank.
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As she had no sons the marquessate died with her.
He became an insurance broker before succeeding his father in the marquessate.
He had no children and the marquessate became extinct on his death.
His grandson George succeeded to the marquessate.
He was succeeded in the marquessate by his son George.
His younger brother Henry later succeeded in the marquessate.
It is not clear how the Marquessate of Pembroke ceased to exist.
Marquessate of Saluzzo.
He was childless and on his death the marquessate became extinct.
Thereafter the Marquessate was directly administered by Tuscany.
His half-brother Geoffrey later succeeded in the marquessate.
Before his succession to the Marquessate he was styled Lord St John.
Marquessate of Franchimont.
Anne the Marquessate.
Marquessate of Queensberry.
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He was succeeded in the marquessate by his eldest son, Frederick.
The marquessate of Exeter is the senior marquessate in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Charles had at last assented to Montrose 's plan and promised him a marquessate.
The Marquessate of Franchimont was a lordship forming the western frontier of the Principality of Liège.
Upon the death of the second Marquess without any male heirs, the marquessate became extinct.
The marquessate and baronetcy passed to his brother, and the barony became extinct.
His elder son, the Conservative politician Michael Ancram, succeeded to the marquessate on his death.
He was succeeded in the marquessate by his first cousin, John Townshend.
In the same year, James Francis Edward Stuart granted him a marquessate.
The marquessate passed to his youngest brother, Lord Frederick Blackwood.
Bridgewater never married and on his death in 1803 the marquessate and dukedom became extinct.
The Marquessate of Samaranch ( Spanish, Marquesado de Samaranch ) is a hereditary title of Spanish nobility.
Two of his sons, Frederick and Herbert, both succeeded in the marquessate.
Before the Liege Revolution, the Marquessate of Franchimont formed a small province within the Principality.
The following year, aged 16, he succeeded his father in the marquessate.
In 1935 he succeeded to the marquessate on the death of his father.
He committed suicide in 1822, one year after succeeding his father in the marquessate.
Beresford inherited the marquessate from his childless brother in 1859.
When his half-brother died childless in 1872 he inherited the marquessate and family estates.
Without a male heir the marquessate became extinct in 1997, while the earldom is dormant.
He was childless and on his death in 1682 the marquessate became extinct.
On his death in 1657 the marquessate and the English titles became extinct.
Berenguer Carroz in 1363, see below for the upgrading of this fief in Marquessate.
He had no surviving male issue and the marquessate became extinct on his death in 1871.
In 1981 he succeeded his elder brother David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter in the marquessate.
He had no sons and on his death in 1809 the marquessate and dukedom became extinct.
Townshend 's younger brother John succeeded his cousin in the marquessate of Townshend in 1855.
Viscount Cranborne succeeded to the marquessate on the death of his father in 2003.
In 1807 he succeeded his father in the marquessate of Townshend.
In 1972 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.
In 1877 he succeeded his elder brother in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.
In March 1930 he succeeded his cousin in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.
