English > marchioness: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess. |
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| Synonym | marquise |
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| Instances | Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon | French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) |
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| Montespan, Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart | French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) |
| Pompadour, Marquise de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson | French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) |
| Broader | Lady, noblewoman, peeress | A woman of the peerage in Britain |
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| Spanish | marquesa |
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| Catalan | marquesa |
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