1statusempress, female ruler of an empire:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
La sist l’empereres, si sist l’emper[er]iz
3957
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Henri, Né de Mahelt, l’empereriz
ii 308.11437
(
1260
)
[...] ne des hoirs l’enpereriz sue
(=?) einsnee la contesse
194
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empereriz (s.xii3/4)