1statustitlefemaleduchess, high-ranking noblewoman who held a duchy through marriage to a duke or in her own right:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xvii
)
li duc lez fist prendre et [...] lor fist lez chief couper; La duchoise s’en dut d’ire et de duel desver
i 56.1217
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
La Fiere Pucele [...] Ke de Calabre esteit dukeise
215
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Fille de rey e grant duchesce
61.4
(
1319
)
Isabel [...] duchesse d’Aquitaine
v cxx
(
1399;
MS: s.xv1
)
un duc, une ducesse
51.8
(
1396-1404
) Item, un tablet d'or ové .j. ymage de Nostre Dame [...], du donn la duchesse d'Irland
230.R943
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duchesse (1160-74)