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Line 3: A '''Marcher Lord''' ({{Lang-cy\|Barwn y Mers}}) was a noble appointed by the [[List of English monarchs\|King of England]] to guard the border (known as the [[Welsh Marches]]) between England and Wales. A Marcher Lord iswas the English equivalent of a [[margrave]] (in the Holy Roman empire) or a [[Marquess\|marquis]] (in France) before the introduction of the title of "marquess" in Britain (no Marcher Lord ever bore this rank.) 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 language\|Proto-Indo-European]] ''*mereg-'', "edge" or "boundary". The greatest Marcher Lords included the earls of [[Earl of Chester\|Chester]], [[Earl of Gloucester\|Gloucester]], [[Earl of Hereford\|Hereford]], [[Earl of Pembroke\|Pembroke]] and [[Earl of Shrewsbury\|Shrewsbury]] (see also [[Earl of March#Earls of March in the Peerage of England\|English Earls of March]]).

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