<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">marquises</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31408578</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:49:50</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">marchiones</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">margrave</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">margraves</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">marquess</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">marquesses</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">marquis</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to nobles in Europe and Japan, specifically those of the second rank of the nobility of various European countries, ranking immediately below dukes and above earls or counts. It may also carry its original meaning, denoting counts or earls who held a march, or mark, which is a frontier district. ]]></dc:description></metadata>