French nobility
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The French nobility is an aristocratic social class in France dating from the Middle Ages.
Pierre d'Hozier (1592–1660), genealogist and juge d'armes of France, employed to verify the French nobility
The abolition of privileges, relief by Léopold Morice at the "Monument to the Republic", Paris
A signet ring with coat of arms
Marquess
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A marquess is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf and the Italian-language equival
French nobility
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1751 portrait of the 4th Marquess of Lothian
The Marquess of Trazegnies