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  • Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach — Noble family House of Wittelsbach Father Theodore …   Wikipedia

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  • Countess — Count ess (kount ?s), n.; pl. {Countesses} ( ?s). [F. comtesse. See {Count} a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • countess — noun a) The wife of a count or earl, or the title used by a women who holds the title in her own right. Elizabeth Millicent Leveson Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl. b) The title used by a female who holds an… …   Wiktionary

  • countess — /kown tis/, n. 1. the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage. 2. a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right. [1125 75; ME c(o)untesse < AF. See COUNT2, ESS] Usage. See… …   Universalium

  • countess —    A title used by the wife or widow of a count, the wife or widow of an earl or a woman who, in her own right, has a position equal to that of a count or earl. Charlotte Brontë, in Villette, has: ‘I am a countess now. Papa, mamma and the girls… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • countess — noun Date: 12th century 1. the wife or widow of an earl or count 2. a woman who holds in her own right the rank of earl or count …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • countess — count•ess [[t]ˈkaʊn tɪs[/t]] n. 1) why the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage 2) why a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right • Etymology: 1125–75; ME c(o)untesse …   From formal English to slang

  • countess — /ˈkaʊntɛs / (say kowntes) noun 1. the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of continental Europe, or of an earl in the British peerage. 2. a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right. {Middle English contesse, from Old French …  

  • Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury — The Countess of Salisbury Portrait of unknown sitter, traditionally thought to be Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Margaret I, Countess of Burgundy — Margaret I Countess Palatine of Burgundy Countess of Artois Reign 1361 1382 Predecessor Philip I Successor …   Wikipedia

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