If this biographer can be trusted, he was a man of much promise, and of a mild, forgiving temper; for although the Duke of Mbamba had sought his life, he conferred upon him the marquisate of Wembo.
She was then a self-governed city, owing allegiance, it is true, to the Marquisate of Tuscany, but with consuls of her own.
He is of noble race--there is a marquisate in the family, though too far removed to do him much good, except in the honor of the connection.
I am the younger son of such a long line of younger sons that the marquisate must be at least a hundred removes from me, or I from the marquisate, whichever you like.
The marquisate of Provence, beyond the Rhone, a dependency of the empire, was given to the Church.
Marquisate of Provence, probably as a reward for increased zeal in persecution.
You of the poor Marquess's, the last Marquess; the marquisate is extinct.
The renown of her family went back far, far beyond its special Victorian vogue, which had transformed an earldom into a marquisate and which, incidentally, was responsible for the new family Christian name that Queenie herself bore.
The ancient marquisate of Villena, having been incorporated into the crown of Castile, devolved to Prince Henry of Aragon, on his marriage with the daughter of John II.
It occasioned him feelings of tumultuous pride and pleasure, similar to those with which the Earl of Dreddlington would have received tidings of his long-coveted marquisate having been conferred upon him.
William himself acquired by purchase the marquisate of Flushing and thus was able to exercise a preponderating influence in the Provincial Estates, all of whose members were required to be Calvinists and supporters of the rebel cause.
William refused to receive it, saying that either the marquisate did not belong to him, in which case he could not accept money for it, or it did belong to him and was not for sale.
From him his cousin Philip the Good inherited the duchies of Brabant and Limburg and the marquisate of Antwerp.
William the Silent in 1581 obtained this marquisate by purchase; and his heirs, through its possession, continued to exercise great influence in the Provincial Estates.
The Duchies of Savoy and Mantua and the Marquisate of Montferrat, which had espoused the Spanish cause, were undisturbed.
Her Italian neighbors were, therefore, the Duchy of Milan, the littleMarquisate of Mantua, and the Duchy of Ferrara.
The most agreeable apples Smollett tasted, stated to come from the marquisate of Final, sold by the Emperor Charles VI.
The Carews then pushed their fortunes in Ireland, and endeavoured to recover the "Marquisate of Cork" on an obsolete and false claim.
A striking medal; and the lady's portrait makes one feel interested to learn her history, which seemingly ought to be known: but I must confess my ignorance even whether the Marquisate of Salviati be in Italy or Sicily.
There was never a doubt hinted by anyone, and yet I will confess to you, my dear Egon, since we are speaking in confidence, that I have had always my own doubts as to his marquisate of Sabran.
I have heard of him in Canada," he said, "but his Marquisate is not believed in there.
This lapsed marquisate of the former proprietors gave Lotbinière his idea; proprietor of a marquisate, he ought to be a marquis.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "marquisate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dukedom; kingship; knighthood; lordship; queenship
