English noble appointed to protect the border with Wales
This article is about the lords of the Welsh Marches. For the lords of the Scottish Marches, see Lord Warden of the Marches. For the term in an international context, see March (territory).
Wales in the 14th century, showing Marcher Lordships
A marcher lord (Welsh: barwn y mers) was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.
A marcher lord was the English equivalent of a margrave (in the Holy Roman Empire) or a marquis (in France) before the introduction of the title of "marquess" in Britain; no marcher lord ever bore the rank of marquess. In this context, the word march means a border region or frontier, and is cognate with the verb "to march", both ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *mereg-, "edge" or "boundary".
The greatest marcher lords included the earls of Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Pembroke and Shrewsbury (see also English earls of March).
A marcherlord (Welsh: barwn y mers) was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and...
claiming "marcher liberties".[citation needed] Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 introduced under Henry VIII, the jurisdiction of the marcher lords was...
especially the Welsh Marches a MarcherLordMarch law This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marcher. If an internal link led...
The Lord Warden of the Marches was an office in the governments of Scotland and England. The holders were responsible for the security of the border between...
meaning "march" or "mark", that is, borderland, added to Graf, meaning "Count"); it is related semantically to the English title "MarcherLord". As a noun...
– before 8 July 1214), medieval marcherlord Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (1231–1282), a marcherlord Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer...
Gordon-Lennox (born 1994), Earl of March and Kinrara. Marcher Lords – English title for the Welsh Marches List of Marcher lordships McNeill 1911, p. 685....
the Earl and Countess of Pembroke. She married William de Braose, a marcherlord. She held de Braose lands and castles in her own right[verification needed]...
Roger de Mortimer (before 1153 – before 8 July 1214) was a medieval marcherlord, residing at Wigmore Castle in the English county of Herefordshire. Roger...
marcher lords had the rank of marquess, though some were earls. On the evening of the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne...
Norman era, the term most often used is MarcherLord, which is similar to, but not strictly the same as, a Palatine Lord. Nevertheless, a number of strictly...
1104) was a MarcherLord from the Montgomery lands in the Welsh Marches (border lands between Wales and England). In England, he was Lord of Wigmore in...
3rd feudal baron of Clare in Suffolk, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. A marcherlord in Wales, he was also the founder of Tonbridge Priory in Kent. Richard...
Baron Abergavenny (died c. 1162) was a Norman baron and a MarcherLord in the Welsh Marches. It is believed he may have been born in Gloucester[citation...
Uç Bey or Uch Bey (Ottoman Turkish: اوج بگ, romanized: uc beğ, lit. 'marcher-lord') was the title given to semi-autonomous warrior chieftains during the...
Welsh Knight. He was Lord of Llandaff and Seneschal of Llandaff Cathedral, and one of the ten Great Barons of Glamorgan, a MarcherLord. It was said he was...
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