Marquis

[Thelandrin]

Discussion thread for Marquis (http://www.birthright.net/brwiki/index.php/Marquis).

I take it that we're using a completely different marquis to either the British or French versions? The British title is very high-ranking, second-only to a duke, whereas in the French system the title was devalued so much that it was ranked only slightly higher than a baron and less than a viscomte.

[kgauck]

The standard order of French titles is
* Duc
* Marquis
* Comte
* Vicomte
* Baron
* Prince
* Seigneur

Aside from not including the petty princes, and calling seigneurs lords, the rank order is the same as British.

Just as vicomte is an under-count, marquis is an over-count. It seems reasonable to base the marquis on the position of count and step up.

I'm not sure where the confusion rests.

[Green Knight]

Very good Kenneth!

OK, that wasn't a really meaningful post, but I really liked the Viscount, the link to Markgraf etc. exactly as envisioned :) And a round of applause is always welcome I suppose.

[AndrewTall]

Hmm, Marquis, where do tents and terrorists come in? :)