What do these title mean?
2006-11-26 07:45:12 · 5 answers · asked by jwoods_1 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
they are titles of the french nobility. heres a list (in order) with their english equivalent:
duc (duke)
marquis (marquis)
comte (earl)
vicomte (viscount)
baron (baron)
2006-11-27 08:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Marquis is a rank of the peerage. There are five ranks of peerage
Duke =Duke
Marquis =Marquis
Earl=Count
Viscount=Viscount
Baron=Baron
The son of a Marquis is an Earl or in rest of Euope its a Count
2006-11-26 18:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the British peerage it ranks below a Duke and above an Earl (Compte or else Count or Earl)
I hope this helps :D
2006-11-26 21:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Magnanimus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both sound like French titles, a comte being the equivalent of an earl or count and marquis the equivalent of marquess.
2006-11-26 20:27:20 · answer #4 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
haven't a clue.
2006-11-26 16:27:02 · answer #5 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋