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“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

But I just happened to mention to one of these marquises that for sightseeing I missed my own car.

From Time Magazine Archive

The two marquises were left in possession of the dining-room and the wine.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William