<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">marquises</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>margraviates</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>marchionesses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>noblemen</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>marchiones</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>margrave</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>margraves</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marquess</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marquesses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marquis</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>