[MR] No Marquis??

[Sean D. Sorrentino]

--- jbrmm266 at aol.com wrote:
 
> Somewhere out west, but not in The West, I recall
> hearing of a jurisdiction called a March (NOT BMDL;
> it encompassed several Baronies), whose ruling noble
> was a Margrave. I wonder, given the similarity of
> sound, if Marquis comes from the same root. 


with all due cautions about relying on Wikipedia info,
the answer is "sort of." 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess

Apparently Margrave is the original. 

Mark- Border
Graf- Count

it was Frenchified into Marquis, and then Anglicised
into Marquess. it apparently amounts to the same
thing, a Count that rules a March, or border county.

Domenico
 



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