marquisate

From marquis +‎ -ate, on the pattern of Middle French marquisat, Italian marchesato.[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kwɪ.sət/

marquisate (plural marquisates)

1. The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
2. The state or rank of a marquis.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 394:

     he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.