Some of the German relations of were made marquesses in the after renouncing their German princely titles in 1917.
Instead, the equivalent of a count is , the oldest title in the system.
At first, Polo just looks at them having sex, but then he joins them when he understands that he is bisexual.
For a time, the feminine form of 'marquess' was 'marquisess'.
John Stevens Cabot Abbott Connyngham, Marchioness of, 118, 134, 164.
Then Samuel records a conversation they had about Marina's death and Christian's accident.