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The wife of a margrave is a margravine (Markgräfin in German, but margrave in French). In Germany and Austria, where titles were borne by all descendants in the male line of the original grantee, men and women alike, each daughter was a Markgräfin as each son was a Markgraf .
A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan .
This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Marquess, marquess equivalentsa European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count, or earl. Etymologically the word marquess or margrave denoted a count or earl holding a march, or mark, that is, a frontier district; but ...
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Marchioness is pronounced \MAHR-shuh-nus\ and means “the wife or widow of a marquess” or “a woman who holds the rank of a marquess in her own right.”. Which means that the one-time Poor Edith now outranks all of the members of her family. Hint: it's not 'poor Edith'.
The jurisdiction of a landgrave was a landgraviate (German: Landgrafschaft), and the wife of a landgrave or a female landgrave was known as a landgravine (from the German Landgräfin, Gräfin being the feminine form of Graf) The term was also used in the Carolinas (what is now North and South Carolina in the United States) during British rule ...
The wife of an earl is a countess; she is “Right Honourable” and is styled “My Lady.” Among European titles of nobility , count (feminine countess ) is equivalent to the British earl . This title is rendered in different forms across countries and languages.
noun. the wife of a margrave. margravine. / ˈmɑːɡrəˌviːn / noun. the wife or widow of a margrave. a woman who holds the rank of margrave. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of margravine 1. 1685–95; < Middle Dutch marcgravinne, equivalent to marcgrave margrave + -inne feminine noun suffix; compare German Markgräfin. Discover More.
