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The etymological heir of the margrave in Europe's nobilities is the marquis, also introduced in countries that never had any margraviates, such as the British marquess; their languages may use one or two words, e.g. French margrave or marquis. The margrave/marquis ranked below its nation's equivalent of "duke" (Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain) or of "prince" (Belgium, Italy), but above "count".
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 Markgräf.
The title of margrave is translated below in languages which distinguish margrave from marquis, the latter being the English term for a Continental noble of rank equivalent to a British marquess. In languages which sometimes use marquis to translate margrave, that fact is indicated below in parentheses):
Language | Equivalent of margrave | Equivalent of margravine |
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Afrikaans | Markgraaf/Markies | Markgraafin/Markiezin |
Catalan | Marcgravi/Marquès | Marcgravina/Marquesa |
Croatian | Markgrof/Markiz | Markgrofica/Markiza |
Czech | Markrabě/Markýz | Markraběnka/Markýza |
Danish | Markgreve | Markgrevinde |
Dutch | Markgraaf/Markies | Markgravin/Markiezin |
English | Marquess | Marchioness |
Estonian | Markkrahv | - |
Finnish | Rajakreivi/Markiisi | Rajakreivitär/Markiisitar |
French | Margrave | Margrave |
German | Markgraf | Markgräfin |
Greek | Μαργράβος/Μαρκήσιος | Μαρκησία |
Icelandic | Markgreifi | Markgreifin |
Italian | Margravio/Marchese | Margravia/Marchesa |
Japanese | 辺境 | 辺境 |
Korean | 변경백 | 변경백부인 |
Latin | Marchio | Marcisa |
Latvian | Markgrāfs | Markgrāfiene |
Lithuanian | Markgrafas | Markgrafienė |
Magyar | őrgróf/Márki) | - |
Norwegian | Markgreve | Markgrevinne |
Persian | Marzoban | - |
Polish | Margrabia | Margrabina |
Portuguese | Margrave/Marquês | Margravina/Marquesa |
Romanian | Margraf | - |
Spanish | Margrave/Marqués | Margravina/Marquesa |
Swedish | Markgreve | - |
Vietnamese | Hầu | - |
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