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Boël, a Belgian artist and noblewoman, was born in 1968.

It features an iconoclastic noblewoman with a flair for falconry.

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His wife, Marina, a Polish noblewoman (who knows the truth), fosters his delusion.

Genya (Anna Lentz), the teenage daughter of a local noblewoman, watches as he daubs.

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Mathilde de Morny (the appealing Denise Gough), a freethinking noblewoman who dressed as a man.

That said, the gown's high quality suggests it likely belonged to a noblewoman, or even royalty.

In Mr. Mizoguchi's romantic fantasy "Ugetsu," she played a mysterious noblewoman who seduces a peasant potter.

An excavation of the grave goods revealed that the mummified person was likely a noblewoman during her lifetime.

The movie finally achieves that state, and definitively, when Yakovlev sexually assaults a young noblewoman in a carriage.

Gendry reminds her that she's a noblewoman and he's just a blacksmith; their classes will always keep them apart.

It's widely considered to be the "Tale of Genji," written by Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century.

In 1881, Marx answered a query from Vera Zasulich, a Russian noblewoman and revolutionary living in exile in Geneva.

Admire the purple silk with gold embroidery found in the tomb of the noblewoman, whose skeleton lies just alongside.

Inside 90 minutes, a Venetian noblewoman schemes to avenge her sister's suicide by seducing the dead sibling's Don Juan.

In this richly realized biography, Targoff explores the life of the sixteenth-century Italian noblewoman, poet, and patron Vittoria Colonna.

The archaeologists had never seen anything like it before: Why would a beast of burden be buried with a noblewoman?

As the noblewoman Leonora, battled over by Manrico and the count, she is finely controlled, her tone clear and clean.

Herman is almost saved by falling in love with Liza, a young noblewoman engaged to the handsome, honorable Prince Yeletsky.

His noblewoman is headstrong and emancipated—almost a millennial—who dreams of a storybook lover and self-harms in secret.

Grave robbers had about 1,800 years to steal the precious gold jewelry buried with a noblewoman on the Greek island of Sikinos.

All of this would be moot if Bran could find the memories of Elissa Farman, a long-dead Westerosi noblewoman and accomplished sailor.

She was a noblewoman — the daughter of a viscount who would become an earl — and her recent ancestors were royal ladies-in-waiting.

Anna Netrebko makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Leonora, Verdi's noblewoman who is pursued by a count (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) but loves a troubadour.

So, what allowed the noblewoman — named Νεικώ (Neko), according to a Greek inscription on her grave — to rest in peace for so long?

Presuming she is indeed pregnant, Sansa, as a chaste, blameless medieval noblewoman, would have had a choice, at least early in her pregnancy.

Givens, who currently costars on Riverdale, will pop up in at least one episode as Eudora, a loving mother to Tiana and benevolent noblewoman.

Some time in the 18th century, a young African boy is purchased by a European noblewoman and subjected to a curious form of enslavement.

OBITUARIES An obituary on Monday about the Italian noblewoman and socialite Marella Agnelli referred imprecisely to an HBO documentary about her husband, Giovanni Agnelli.

She's has undergone formal training to prepare her to be a noblewoman and consequently toned down her personal style since taking on her new role.

Over a post-bath dinner, Claire finds out that Father Fogden ended up on the island after falling in love with a married noblewoman in Cuba.

More typically of her work, Lavinia's "A Lady of the Ruini Family" (1593) shows an auburn-haired noblewoman smiling blandly as she strokes her lap dog.

At the age of fifteen, he ran away and found his way to Savoy, where he quickly became the boy toy of a Swiss-French noblewoman.

A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.

The phrase was invented by Goethe, who used it in his "Confessions of a Beautiful Soul," a fictional memoir in which a Pietist noblewoman describes her spiritual life.

IN 1533 A noblewoman in Calais presented a visiting grandee with a peculiar gift: her personal toothpick, which, she was eager to point out, she had used for seven years.

The 1870 depiction of a Renaissance noblewoman is one of the landscape painter's most venerated works, but its later acquisition by Lucian Freud is what brings it to the foray.

Lucia, a noblewoman, finds too late that she has been tricked into marrying Arturo; Edgardo, her only love — not pledged to another as she thought — has cursed her for treachery.

Most people might not know it, but Godiva Chocolatier is named for an 11th century noblewoman who rode naked on a horse to try to get taxes lowered in England.

Eventually, it is revealed that Dan has been held captive by a noblewoman, who has forced him to wear a dress and chained him to a wall in her mansion.

Three of his companions, the poets André Chenier and Antoine Roucher and the noblewoman the Princesse de Monaco were executed on the eve of the fall of Robespierre, but Robert survived.

While negotiating the acquisition of a 219 portrait of a visibly pregnant noblewoman, it occurred to her that there was almost no research on the representation of pregnancy in Western art.

They are thought to have been produced for Mary Verney, a noblewoman, and are finely made from linen, silk, leather, ribbon and strips of baleen, which came from a whale's mouth.

Genji was written by Murasaki Shikibu, a noblewoman from the powerful Fujiwara family serving in the court of one of the empresses at the time, Empress Shoshi, in Heian-Kyo, now Kyoto.

And then there are utter anomalies, like Anton Raphael Mengs's 1775 portrait of a Spanish noblewoman with a lapdog-shaped blank in her arms and a rubbed-out face that presages Magritte.

"Fidelio" tells of a Spanish noblewoman who, disguised as a young man, has taken a lowly job at a prison where her husband is being unjustly held by a powerful political enemy.

An ersatz toe, made of wood and leather and found attached to the mummified body of an Egyptian noblewoman in Cairo, in 2000, is thought to be between 2,500 and 3,000 years old.

The noblewoman, using the pseudonym Alys Westhill, took the three stolen eggs to Essos, where she traded them to the Sealord of Braavos (it's suspected these are the eggs Dany will one day possess).

Saint Teresa of Avila was a Spanish noblewoman, born in 1515, still highly regarded as a writer, whose observations could be mordant – May God preserve me from gloomy saints, was one – but also intense.

Mr. Sunshine (Streaming Every Saturday, NETFLIX ORIGINAL): A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.

Written by a noblewoman and lady-in-waiting, the novel captures the aestheticism, intrigue and mores of court life as they swirl around the irresistibly handsome, polyamorous, morally flexible (and fictional) Prince Genji — a.k.a.

Set in the late 1700s, it revolves around a romance between a noblewoman reluctantly having her portrait painted to impress an arranged-marriage fiance, and the female portrait artist commissioned to do the job.

Broken Shadow by Jaine Fenn In the sequel to last year's Hidden Sun, Jaine Fenn introduced readers to Rhia Harlyn, a noblewoman in Shen, one of the kingdoms in the shadowlands on an alien world.

They bet on the outcome of three other tales of love and death, following a Muslim couple during Ramadan, a noblewoman and her lover during the Venice Carnival, and a Chinese magician and his assistant.

The artist Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint the noblewoman Héloïse (Adèle Haenel) so that the man Héloïse's mother has arranged for her to marry can approve or disapprove of her before the wedding.

The novel, written by an unidentified Japanese noblewoman, writer, and poet who was nicknamed Murasaki Shikibu, was completed in the early years of the 11th century during what is known as the Heian period (794-1185).

It is a 500-page book set in the 13th century, sprinkled with a medieval language called Old Provençal, about a young noblewoman who escapes a Dominican order that wants to burn her as a heretic.

A noblewoman who, like Arya, grew up knowing that she deserved a sword and not an embroidery needle, not because there was anything wrong with choosing either tool, but because one of them simply was not her.

Centering on an ill-fated Italian noblewoman and her two venomous brothers, this favorite of the London stage has resurfaced in a sleek, stylish production from the director Rebecca Frecknall, at the Almeida Theater through Jan. 25.

This arrest reverberates against the historical stream of the novel's other narrative, which begins in Caucasian Georgia in 1854 when Anna, a noblewoman, is taken — along with her two young children and a French governess — as a hostage.

Painted by Mr. Trincale, but also by professional artists and his close friend Boris Dimitrov, some depicted more traditional tales, like the ballad of "Barunissa di Carini," about a 613th-century Sicilian noblewoman assassinated for having committed adultery.

In The Perilous Gard, Janet is a clumsy and awkward young noblewoman named Kate, and the fairies are the descendants of Bronze Age British pagans who have kept their holy cults alive in hidden caves under the hill.

The story was written by a noblewoman and lady-in-waiting named Murasaki Shikibu and is widely considered to be the first novel — paving the way for centuries of literary study and analysis, imitation, and numerous illustrative exercises.

The story of a high-spirited princess who sprouts from an enchanted bamboo grove, and the bamboo cutter and his wife who raise her, eventually taking her away from her beloved mountains to turn her into a proper noblewoman.

The tragedy of Lucretia, the virtuous noblewoman who kills herself after being raped by royalty, had been a popular subject for artists and is said to have led to the rebellion that paved the way for the Roman republic.

Photo: Samuel T. TurveyA certain Chinese noblewoman—potentially Lady Xia, grandmother to the first emperor of China—had a menagerie buried with her in her tomb: a leopard, a crane, an asiatic black bear, a lynx, and, most notably, a gibbon.

Dorotheum seizes on this backstory to underpin the significance of the work, which is a portrait of Lucretia, a Roman noblewoman whose rape in the 6th century BCE led to a popular uprising and eventually the fall of the Roman monarchy.

Charged reunions, new conflicts and old grudges played themselves out upstairs and downstairs, inside and out, between siblings and exes, old friends and in-laws, much of it rippling outward from a haughty noblewoman no one liked all that much.

The noblewoman who owns the land — the Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna (Nicoletta Braschi) — insists that her power over her tenants, who are perpetually in her debt even as she appropriates the fruits of their labor, represents the natural order of things.

Jan. 31-March 15 The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has played in "Trovatores" across the world over the past several years, building her reputation as one of the most formidable interpreters of the role of Leonora, a noblewoman infatuated with a troubadour.

The earliest example in the show is an 18th-century Mexican picture in which a noblewoman named Josefa Peres Maldonado sits propped up in bed in her elegant home, undergoing surgery for breast tumors as clergy, family and the Virgin Mary look on.

For her 99th birthday in 2017, Ms. Cary self-published a first novel, "The Drowning of the Moon," a historical tale set in the Mexican-American colonial empire of New Spain and featuring the noblewoman of a silver-mining dynasty facing civil war.

So enlightened was Peter the Great that he divorced his first wife, a noblewoman with whom he had a son named Alexei, to marry a peasant maid who later took the Russian Orthodox name Catherine (this is not the Catherine from the show).

From the soothing aloe and authentic rose scent to the apothecary-style label with an old man on it, this toner looks, smells, and feels like something a 19th-century noblewoman might enjoy in lieu of a real bath, only it's $6.99 at Target.

In "Happy as Lazzaro," Alice Rohrwacher travels back into a not-so-distant Italy where an extended family of farmers — like something out of Bruegel's "The Harvesters," save for the Walkman — toils in the tobacco fields of an absentee noblewoman known as the Cigarette Queen.

Olga, played by Julia Vysotskaya, is a Russian noblewoman and part of the French resistance, who gets arrested by Nazis for hiding two Jewish children and is sent to jail where she meets French-Nazi collaborator Jules, who offers to ease her punishment in exchange for sex.

She has been hired by a young grifter, Count Fujiwara, to help him seduce the Lady Hideko, a young Japanese noblewoman raised in almost complete seclusion by her Uncle Kouzouki, who intends to marry her when she's of age and take possession of her considerable fortune.

But her final Met performance as the Marschallin — a married noblewoman with a 17-year-old lover who is learning to come to grips with the passage of time, and at one point sings of rising in the night to stop the clocks — took on special resonance.

Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Back in the 2000s and '30s, Argentine noblewoman Maria de las Mercedes Adela Atucha y Llavallol, Countess de Cuevas de Vera, was spending a lot of time in France, often finding herself among some of the greatest artists of the time.

Although Douglas was thrown into the Tower twice more during her lifetime—first during the marriage of her son to Mary, Queen of Scots, and next when her younger boy married—and even though she died in debt, Queen Elizabeth I gave her worthy adversary a funeral befitting a noblewoman of her status.

Up to any challenge, she was a femme fatale in 1981's The French Lieutenant's Woman, a nuclear-plant worker in 1983's Silkwood, a Danish noblewoman in 173's Out of Africa, a derelict in 1987's Ironweed and an Australian mother suspected of murder in 1988's A Cry in the Dark.

In December, she costarred in Mary, Queen of Scots as the 16th-century English noblewoman Bess of Hardwick, opposite Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, and last month, it was announced Chan will costar with Freida Pinto in the Jane Austen–style period romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm's List — both roles that heretofore would have only been played by white women.

Following his introduction in the first chapter, "The Lady of the Paulownia-Courtyard Chambers," which finds this "radiant prince" (hikaru kimi) in the poignant ceremonial transition into manhood at the age of 12, the chapter two illustration shows his rape of a woman, Utsusemi, the young stepmother of the Governor and noblewoman of lower rank (which apparently makes her fair game for Genji's unwanted advances).

The story begins with a noblewoman named Lady Shirkinskaya and her maid riding in a carriage. The noblewoman, who is suffering from consumption, wears an expression of anger and scorn. The carriage, accompanied by a calèche, stops by a posting-station. The husband of the noblewoman and a doctor step out of the calèche, but the noblewoman refuses to leave her carriage.

Ragnhild Skoftesdotter (12th century) was a Norwegian noblewoman and landowner.

King Zog chose as his wife, a Hungarian noblewoman named Geraldine.

Lady Elizabeth de Montfort (died August 1354) was an English noblewoman.

A Khalkha Mongol noblewoman (c. 1908) Ladies at court Bogd Khan.

Prangarda of Canossa (d. after 991), was a northern Italian noblewoman.

A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.

Eleanor of Blois/Champagne (French: Eléonore; 1102–1147) was a French noblewoman.

Margaret of Berg-Windeck ( - between 1339 and 1346) was a German noblewoman.

Isabel Dato y Barrenechea, 2nd Duchess of Dato, was a Spanish noblewoman.

Gertrude Tyrrell (died 28 May 1541) was a 16th century English noblewoman.

Giulia Gonzaga (1513 – 16 April 1566) was an Italian noblewoman of the Renaissance.

Elisabeth of Württemberg (after 1412 - after 29 April 1476) was a German noblewoman.

Lambertine de Ligne (1593–1651) was a noblewoman and heiress from the Habsburg Netherlands.

During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries a noblewoman.

In her native country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, little is known of this medieval noblewoman.

Lady Mary Burke (1560 – 1627) was an Irish noblewoman and consort of Brian O'Rourke.

Margery de Burgh, was a Norman- Irish noblewoman and the wife of Theobald Le Botiller.

Princess Anna Maria of Baden (22 May 1562 – 25 April 1583) was a German noblewoman.

Anicia Faltonia Proba (died in Africa, 432) was a Roman noblewoman of the gens Anicia.

Image from De mulieribus claris Megullia, surnamed Dotata ('richly dowered'), was an ancient Roman noblewoman.

Brighid Nic Gearailt (c.1589–between 1661 and 1682) was an Irish poet and noblewoman.

Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham (née Temple; -1752) was an English noblewoman.

Jane Browne, (née Lady Jane Radcliffe; c.1532 – 22 July 1552) was an English noblewoman.

Aimiya (愛宮; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Heian period.

Viktor Grebennikov was born in Simferopol. His mother was a noblewoman, his father was a mechanic.

Marcia (c. 29before 100) was an ancient Roman noblewoman and the mother of the emperor Trajan.

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1614–1646) was a German noblewoman of the house of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Józefina Amalia Mniszech (1752–1798) was a Polish noblewoman, amateur painter, and a collector of art.

Sulpicia Praetextata () was an ancient Roman noblewoman who lived in the Roman Empire in the 1st century.

Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart (13 November 1889 – 2 June 1975) was a Scottish noblewoman.

Elin Gustavsdotter Sture (15th century – 1495) was a Swedish noblewoman, consort of the regent Erik Axelsson (Tott).

Fontana married the noblewoman, Magdalena Bartsch vel Barszcz, who after Fontana's death, married Teodor Słomiński, around 1777..

Jane Neville (née Howard), Countess of Westmorland (1533/37 – buried 30 June 1593), was an English noblewoman.

Mary Stuart O'Donnell (Irish: Máire Stíobhartach Ní Dhomhnaill; 1607 - in or after 1639) was an Irish noblewoman.

The History of Croatia records several notable Croatian women. Jelena Nelipčić was the Queen of Bosnia. Beatrica Frankopan was noblewoman, and by marriage an heiress of Hunyad Castle. Ana Katarina Zrinska, also from Frankopan family, was a noblewoman, remembered as a patron of the arts, writer and patriot.

Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Castellane (29 December 1820 12 October 1890) was a French noblewoman.

Paola Gonzaga Livia (Paola) Gonzaga (August 1508 in Mantua - 11 April 1569 in Mantua) was a Mantuan noblewoman.

Katalin Bánffy de Alsólindva () was a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman, the wife of general and politician Ferenc Batthyány.

The city is named after Catherine Nau de La Boissière et de Fossambault, a noblewoman of New France.

Caterina Pico Luzzara, Palazzo della Macina Caterina Pico (della Mirandola) (1454 - 5 December 1501) was an Italian noblewoman.

Béatrice d'Hirson (fl. 14th century) was a lady-in-waiting to the French noblewoman Mahaut, Countess of Artois.

15 Around 384 he returned to Bordeaux. There he married Therasia, a Christian noblewoman from Barcelona.Foley O.F.M., Leonard.

Flora Magdalen Isabel Russell (28 September 186923 August 1967) was an English noblewoman, childhood friend of Gertrude Bell.

Katarina Šubić (; d. bef. 5 March 1358), was a Croatian noblewoman and by marriage, Duchess of Legnica-Brzeg.

Tlacuilolxochtzin (Nahuatl: tɬakʷilolʃotʃtsin) was an Aztec noblewoman of very noble heritage, Lady of Ecatepec and sister of queen Tlapalizquixochtzin.

Ki no Iratsume (紀女郎) was a Japanese noblewoman, princess consort and waka poet of the Nara period.

Auguste Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (6 March 1657, Darmstadt – 1 September 1674, Darmstadt) was a German noblewoman and poet.

Ascent To Anekthor is an adventure in which the player characters join the mountaineering expedition of a daredevil noblewoman.

Mette Trolle (1637 - floruit 1679), was a Danish noblewoman, poet and Catholic convert, known for her unconventional life style.

Diana Denyse Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll (5 January 1926 – 16 May 1978, Oban, Scotland) was a Scottish noblewoman.

Countess Izabella Poniatowska (1 July 1730 - 14 February 1808) was a Polish noblewoman, sister of king Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski.

Anne Chamber (married name Anna Grenville-Temple, Countess Temple) (died 7 April 1777) was an English noblewoman and poet.

Alypia (fl. 467–472 AD) was a noblewoman of the Western Roman Empire, daughter of the Western Roman Emperor Anthemius.

Fujiwara no Iratsume (藤原郎女; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Nara period.

Ippolita Gonzaga. Ippolita Gonzaga (13 November 1503 in Mantua - 16 March 1570 in Mantua) was an Italian noblewoman and nun.

Nakatomi no Iratsume (中臣女郎; dates unknown) was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the Nara period.

Isabella de Beauchamp, Lady Kidwelly, Baroness Despenser (c. 1263 – before 30 May 1306), was an English noblewoman and wealthy heiress.

María del Carmen Dato y Barrenechea, 3rd Duchess of Dato (6 December 1885 – 18 May 1938), was a Spanish noblewoman.

Agnes de Valence (born 1250) was a 13th-century noblewoman and daughter of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman (Review). Vol. Volume 75. Number 1. University of Toronto Press, 2006.

Anisya Kirillovna Tolstaya (died 1732), was a Russian noblewoman, lady-in- waiting and royal mistress to Tsar Peter the Great.

In the thirteenth century she was a noblewoman of Southern France, called de Valours, and was burnt as a witch.

Margaret Elisabeth Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (; 23 December 1918 – 2 June 1983), later Hambro, was a Scottish activist and noblewoman.

Anna Colonna (1601–1658) was an Italian noblewoman of the Colonna and Barberini families. She was also the Princess of Paliano.

Lady Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (née Innes Ker; 13 November 1837 – 16 October 1909) was a noblewoman, philanthropist and parish councillor.

Rohese Giffard (sometimes Rose, or Rohais; died after 1113) was a Norman noblewoman in the late 11th and early 12th century.

Demetrias (fl. 413–440) was a Roman noblewoman, member of the powerful family of the Anicii and acquaintance of several churchmen.

Marie Jakobaea of Baden-Sponheim (25 June 1507 – 16 November 1580, Munich) was a German noblewoman and duchess consort of Bavaria.

Mary Percy (1570–1642) was an English noblewoman who founded an English Benedictine Monastery in Brussels and served as its abbess.

Maria Helena de Albuquerque, 1st Baroness of Oliveira Lima (Funchal, São Pedro, 1817 - Lisbon, 6 June 1909) was a Portuguese noblewoman.

When Genjūrō mentions the noblewoman, the priest reveals that the noblewoman is dead and must be exorcised, and then invites Genjūrō to his home where he paints Buddhist prayers on his body. Genjūrō returns to the Kutsuki mansion. He admits that he is married, has a child and wishes to return home. Lady Wakasa will not let him go.

His mother Berenice was a noblewoman from Eordeaea.Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I She was the daughter of local obscure nobleman Magas and noblewoman Antigone.Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.71 Berenice’s mother was the niece of the powerful regent Antipater and was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.

Herdis Torvaldsdatter (ca. 1310-1363) was a Norwegian noblewoman and landowner. Herdis Torvaldsdatter was the daughter of Torvald Toresson (ca. 1265- ca.

Benedetta Maria Ernestina d'Este (18 August 1697 – 17 September 1777) was a noblewoman and princess of the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.

Mary de Vere (died c. 24 June 1624), whose married names were Bertie and Hart, was a noblewoman of the sixteenth century.

In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, only one such case each are known; in Sweden, the noblewoman Kerstin Ulfsax was executed in 1585.

Louise de Rohan (Louise Gabrielle Julie; 11 August 1704 - 20 August 1780) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Guéméné by marriage.

Julia Janet Georgiana Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby (née Haldane-Duncan; 24 January 1840 – 8 December 1915) was a British courtier, noblewoman, and artist.

Princess Maria Klementyna Sanguszko (30 March 183017 October 1903) was a Polish noblewoman, heiress, and the wife of politician Alfred Józef Potocki.

Isabella de Beaumont (died 1334), was a prominent noblewoman allied to Isabella of France during the reign of Edward II of England.

Kateřina z Komárova (died March 1534) was a Czech noblewoman and convicted murderer.DAČICKÝ Z HESLOVA, Mikuláš. Paměti. Praha: Akropolis, 1996. S. 280.

Countess Margit Teleki de Szék (2 December 1860 - 26 January 1922) was a Hungarian noblewoman, wife of Prime Minister Károly Khuen-Héderváry.

Ummidia Cornificia Faustina (AD 141–182) was a wealthy Roman noblewoman, an heiress and the niece of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Isabella, Countess of Gloucester (c. 1173 – 14 October 1217), was an English noblewoman who was married to King John prior to his accession.

Mary Livingston (c. 1541–1579) was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the famous "Four Marys".

Dona Maria de Guadalupe of Lencastre y Cárdenas Manrique (Azeitao, Portugal 1630 - Madrid, Spain 1715), was a Portuguese noblewoman, notable as an heiress.

Princess Elżbieta Izabela Czartoryska (21 May 1736 – 11 November 1816), better known under her married name of Izabela Lubomirska, was a Polish noblewoman.

Marie of Armagnac (c. 1420–1473) was a French noblewoman, daughter of John IV of Armagnac and his second wife, Isabella of Navarre.

Maria (18 March 1539, in Dillenburg – 28 May 1599, in Kasteel Ulft), Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Dietz, was a Dutch noblewoman.

Lollia was an Ancient Roman noblewoman. She was the wife of Roman general Aulus Gabinius. She was also a mistress of Julius Caesar.

Vittoria Colonna (April 1492Some sources claim Vittoria Colonna was born in 1492. See 25 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated, married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circles of Ischia and Naples. Her early poetry began to attract attention in the late 1510sGibaldi, Joseph.

Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle (c.1482/1484 - c.1525/1526Grummitt 2008) was an English noblewoman during the reigns of Henry VII and VIII.

Princess Izabela Elżbieta Czartoryska, née Countess Morsztyn (1671–1756) was a Polish noblewoman, known for her political salon and role in the Familia party .

Castelloza in a 13th-century chansonnier, Recueil des poésies des troubadours Na Castelloza (fl. early 13th century) was a noblewoman and trobairitz from Auvergne.

"Portrait of a Lady". National Gallery. Retrieved December 17, 2010. Given the finery of her costume and jewels, she was almost certainly a noblewoman.

Georgina Elizabeth Ward, Countess of Dudley (9 August 1846 – 2 February 1929) was a Scottish noblewoman and a noted beauty of the Victorian era.

Princess Marie Armande de La Trémoille (Marie Armande Victoire; 1677 - 5 March 1717) was a French noblewoman and The Princess of Turenne by marriage.

Emnilda (; – 1017),Rootsweb.com was a Slavic noblewoman and Duchess of Poland from 992 by her marriage with the Piast ruler Bolesław I the Brave.

Róza Laborfalvi (born Judit Benke de Laborfalva, 8 April 1817 – 20 November 1886) Hungarian noblewoman, actress and wife of novelist Mór Jókai de Ásva.

Brites or Beatriz de Meneses (c.1470-1530) Countess of Loulé and Marialva, was a Portuguese noblewoman, granddaughter of Fernando I, Duke of Braganza.

Countess Erzsébet Thurzó de Bethlenfalva (20 February 1621 – 4 July 1642) was a Hungarian noblewoman, daughter of Count Imre Thurzó and Baroness Krisztina Nyáry.

Zofia Lubomirska (1718 - 27 October 1790), was an independently wealthy Polish noblewoman, twice married to Polish magnates known for her political involvement and philanthropy.

Ogura Hyakunin isshu. The was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period. She was a member of the Minamoto clan.

Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne (28 August 1697 - 13 April 1717) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy by marriage. She died without issue.

Adele of Vermandois (bef. 915–960) was both a Carolingian as well as a Robertian Frankish noblewoman who was the Countess of Flanders (934–960).

Ilona Vörösmarty (2 May 1846 - 13 December 1910) was a Hungarian noblewoman, the second child and the daughter of poet Mihály Vörösmarty and Laura Csajághy.

Elizabeth Dundas (1650 25 May 1731), Lady Stair, was a Scottish noblewoman and owner of Lady Stair’s House in the Lawnmarket, in Edinburgh’s Old Town.

Julia, or possibly Ilia (c. 129 BC – c. 104 BC), was a Roman noblewoman who was the first wife of Sulla, later a Roman dictator.

Sophia of Bavaria (1105–1145) was a German noblewoman and nun. Through her marriages she was the Duchess of Zähringen and the Margravine of Styria.

Lady Elizabeth Dowdall (fl. 1641) was an Irish noblewoman, known for her defence of Kilfinny Castle against the rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.

The Lady Margaret Gascoigne (née Percy) (born c. 1447) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings.

Sibyl of Falaise (or Sibil de FalaiseKeats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 454) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and kinswoman of King Henry I of England.

Golitsyna in 1835. Tatiana Vasilyevna Golitsyna (née Vasilchikova; 7 January 1783 – 28 January 1841) was a Russian noblewoman and philanthropist, and wife of Dmitry Golitsyn.

Reid, Martine J., and Daisy Sewid-Smith. Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman. UBC Press, 2007. This occurred much later in life.

Lady Adelaide Cadogan née Paget (1820-1890), was a British noblewoman and prodigious authoress, most noted for her seminal work on plays and card games.

Aisin-Gioro Huisheng (26 February 1938 – 4 December 1957), better known simply as Huisheng or Eisei, was a Chinese-Japanese noblewoman. She was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty. She was the elder daughter of Pujie, the younger brother of Puyi, the last emperor of China. Her mother was Hiro Saga, a Japanese noblewoman who married Pujie in 1937.

Henriette Marie, Princess Palatine (17 July 1626, in The Hague, Netherlands – 18 September 1651, in Sárospatak, Hungary) was a German noblewoman of the House of Wittelsbach.

Yekaterina Nelidova Yekaterina Ivanovna Nelidova (; 1756–1839) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was the royal mistress of Tsar Paul I of Russia.

That same year, Grobglas was cast for The CW's's Reign as Olivia, an Italian born noblewoman who is an old flame of Prince Francis (Toby Regbo).

A gas station attendant (Enrico Montesano) falls in love with a Lombard noblewoman (Silvia Dionisio), who agrees to marry him just to get his uncle's inheritance.

Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661 in Hamburg – 1708 in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman.

Giulia della Rovere (1531, Casteldurante – 4 April 1563, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman. A portrait of her by Titian survives in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.

Anna Leszczyńska née Jabłonowska (1660-1727) was a Polish noblewoman, born into the House of Jablonowski and the mother of King of Poland Stanislaus I Leszczyński.

Vittoria Accoramboni (15 February 155722 December 1585) was an Italian noblewoman. Her life became the basis for John Webster's play The White Devil and several novels.

Oda of Stade (also Oda of Elsdorf) (b.c.1040 – d. 2 July c.1087?) was a German noblewoman, who was the daughter of Ida of Elsdorf.

Eudoxia Saburova (; died 1620), was a Russian noblewoman, Tsesarevna of Russia as the first spouse of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, son of Ivan the Terrible.

Charlotte Gouffier de Boisy, Madame de Cossé-Brissac (born 1482) was a French noblewoman and courtier who served as the Governess of the Children of France.

Mabel Bagenal (c. 1571 – December 1595) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman and Countess of Tyrone, often referred to simplistically as the "Helen of the Elizabethan Wars".

Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo (fl. 1245–1289) was a 13th-century Swedish noblewoman of the House of Bjelbo (Folkungaätten). She was Princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst.

Adela of Milan (c.975-after 1012) was a northern Italian noblewoman. Through marriage to Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan, Adela was margravine of Milan.

Countess Zofia Tarnowska (1534–1570) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman heiress. She was the daughter of Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski h. Leliwa and Zofia Szydłowiecka h. Odrowąż.

Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue (18 January 1670 – 18 November 1736) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia.

Laura Lanza, Baroness of Carini (1529 - 4 December 1563) was an Italian noblewoman who was murdered, allegedly by her father, in Carini, Sicily, for having committed adultery.

Stenton, pp. 388–93. In summer 1017 he cemented his power by marrying Æthelred's widow, Emma, although he had previously married an English noblewoman, Ælfgifu of Northampton.

Helene Dolgoruki, more correctly Elena Pavlovna Dolgorukaya (), married name Fadeeva () (1789-1860), was a Russian noblewoman who was the grandmother of both Sergei Witte and Madame Blavatsky.

Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1799 Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina, Serene Princess of Italy, Countess Suvorov-Rymniksky (1785 - December 3, 1855 ) was a Russian noblewoman and maid of honour.

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (Christened as Countess Viktoria-Luise Friederike Karoline Mathilde of Solms-Baruth; 13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003) was a German noblewoman.

The son of a wealthy Bristol shipping magnate marries a Chinese noblewoman, but she soon becomes aware that he is in fact in love with another woman.

His wife Khoshak was the daughter of Awak Zak'arean-Mkhargrdzeli, Lord High Constable of Georgia, and Gvantsa, a noblewoman who went on to become queen of Georgia.

Kaciaryna Ludvika Sapieha. Кацярына Людвіка Сапега (G. Knoefvel, 1762) Katarzyna Agnieszka Ludwika Sapieha (1718-1779), was a Polish noblewoman. She is foremost known for her political activity.

Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode (6 September 1819 – 17 February 1868) was a German noblewoman. She was a deaconess and matron of the ("Bethany") hospital in Berlin.

Ekaterina by Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, 1796. Ekaterina Vladimirovna Apraksina (nee Golitysna; Russian - Екатерина Владимировна Апраксина; 30 May 1770, Moscow - 14 March 1854) was a Russian noblewoman.

Countess Ludwika "Luds" Maria Poniatowska (30 November 1728 - 2 October 1804) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the sister of the King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman. UBC Press, 2007. Alfred was born on Village Island, British Columbia. The location of her passing is unknown.

Elizabeth Paulet ( – 4 November 1576) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby.

Antigone (, born before 317 BC-295 BC) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman. Through her mother's second marriage she was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and through her marriage to Pyrrhus she was queen of Epirus. Antigone was the daughter and the second child of Berenice, a noblewoman from Eordeaea, and her first husband Philip. She had an elder brother called Magas and a younger sister called Theoxena.

106 of Sakastan.Kurkjian, A History of Armenia, p.97 Little is known of the life of Anak. He married a Parthian noblewoman called Okohe, who bore him sons.

Princess Gryzelda Konstancja Wiśniowiecka née Zamoyska of clan Jelita (27 April 1623 - 17 April 1672) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the mother of King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

Sophia Hay (d. 1642) was a Scottish noblewoman. She was a daughter of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and Elizabeth Douglas.Records of Aboyne (Aberdeen, 1894), p. 526.

The Pardon of Carlo Gesauldo by Giovanni Balducci (Church of Santa maria delle Grazie in Gesualdo), showing Eleonora bottom right. Eleonora d'Este (1561–1637) was a Ferrarese noblewoman.

Some early heraldic writers say that the illegitimate son of a noblewoman must bear her arms with "a surcoat"; that is, on (large) flaunches around a blank center.

350, 351 fig. 14. Maria de Ergadia (died 1302) was a fourteenth-century Scottish noblewoman. She was Queen consort of Mann and the Isles and Countess of Strathearn.

Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau, Countess of Warmsdorf (4 December 1700 - 14 January 1725) was a German noblewoman and the first wife of Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Katarzyna Eugenia Skumin Tyszkiewicz (c. 1610–1648)Marek J. Minakowski, Ci wielcy Polacy to nasza rodzina, wyd. 3, Dr Minakowski Publikacje Elektroniczne, Kraków 2008, . was a Polish noblewoman.

Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville (, September 1772 – June 1864) was an English noblewoman and author, and a member of the Pitt family, which at the time dominated British politics.

Isabella Boschetti or Boschetto (c.1502 - ?) was a Mantuan noblewoman and lover of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. She was nicknamed 'La bella Boschetta' (the beautiful Boschetta).

Jean Fleming, Countess of Cassilis (1553/4–1609) was a Scottish noblewoman and courtier at the court of James VI of Scotland, and a victim of domestic violence.

300px Portrait of a Saxon Noblewoman is a 1534 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder. It has been in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon since 1892.

Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke, de jure 11th Baroness Latimer (c.1512 – c. 15 November 1562) was an English noblewoman and wife of Sir Fulke Greville.

Even a riggish French noblewoman could hardly throw a glamour of romance over so prosaic an interest as the Franco-American trade in fish-oil and salt cod.

Landgravine Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 December 1638 – 13 December 1683) was a German noblewoman who reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg under the name Anna Sophia II.

Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg (9 February 1637 (christened) - 14 March 1713) was an English noblewoman, the third daughter of Oliver Cromwell and his wife Elizabeth Bourchier.Anderson (1862), p. 1.

Catherine Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (née Lady Catherine Ponsonby; 14 October 1742 – 4 September 1789) was a British noblewoman. She was Duchess of St Albans through her marriage.

Richlind of Altdorf (c.990- 12 June 1045Notae necrologiae Ebersbergenses, p. 78.) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf.

Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoïlle (1568 - 29 August 1629) was a French noblewoman and, by marriage, Princess of Condé. By birth she belonged to the House of La Trémoïlle.

Antonia Prima (50 BC – ?? ??) was a Roman noblewoman. She was the daughter and only child of Antonia Hybrida Minor and triumvir Mark Antony. Her parents were paternal first cousins.

Princess Konstancja Małgorzata Lubomirska (1761–1840) was a Polish noblewoman artist. She was an amateur artist and some of her drawings are preserved. She married Seweryn Rzewuski in 1782.

Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith (c. 1334 – c. 1380) was a Scottish noblewoman. She held the title Countess of Menteith in her own right, having inherited the title c.

Myfanwy Fychan was a Welsh noblewoman, born in the mid-14th century, who was involved in a famous romance with a bard. Her story has inspired poem and song.

Eleanor de Guzmán (Leonor) (1310–1351) was a Castilian noblewoman and long- term mistress to Alfonso XI of Castile. She was the mother of King Henry II of Castile.

Yelena Sheremeteva (c. 1553 – 4 January 1587), was a Russian noblewoman, tsesarevna of Russia as the third wife of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, son of Ivan the Terrible.

Görvel Fadersdotter (Sparre) Görvel Fadersdotter (Sparre) (1509 or 1517 – 20 April 1605) was a Swedish noblewoman and county administrator. She was a major landowner in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mary, Countess of Ilchester (1852–1935) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman and leading figure in London society. She was the wife of Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.

Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis (c.1498 – 17 July 1537) was a Scottish noblewoman accused of witchcraft, who was executed by burning during the reign of James V of Scotland.

Phraates II was born in ; he was the son of Mithridates I, the fifth Parthian king, and a noblewoman named Rinnu, who was the daughter of a Median magnate.

Joan de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny (née FitzAlan; 1375 – 14 November 1435) was an English noblewoman, and the wife of William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny of the Welsh Marches.

Isabella Clinton is the daughter and only child of a French noblewoman, from the House of Valois, and an English soldier. With her father dead, she is heir to his estate but prefers working in the fields to learning to be a proper noblewoman. This is made clear from her sharp tongue and blunt way of speaking. After the death of her father, it seems that the Black Prince has forgotten Isabella and her mother.

Christopher's first wife, Catherina Danicska, was a Polish noblewoman, but only the Hungarian form of her name is known. Their eldest son, Balthasar Báthory, moved to Kraków shortly after Stephen Báthory was crowned King of Poland; he drowned in the Vistula River in May 1577 at the age of 22. Christopher's and Catherina's second son, Nicholas, was born in 1567 and died in 1576. Christopher's second wife, Elisabeth Bocskai, was a Calvinist noblewoman.

Rotruda (or Roza) of Pavia (died after March 945) was an Italian noblewoman. Rotruda was married to Giselbert I of Bergamo and later became the mistress of Hugh of Italy.

Jenet Sarsfield, Baroness Dunsany (–1598) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman who lived in Dublin during the Tudor era. She is chiefly memorable for having married no less than six husbands.

Dante, Virgil and Pia de Tolomei by Gustave Doré. Tolomei coat of arms. :For other meanings, see Pia de' Tolomei (disambiguation). Pia de' Tolomei was an Italian noblewoman from Siena.

Cyprian Norwid, Maria Kalergis, 1845 Maria Kalergis von Nesselrode-Ereshoven (7 August 1822 Warsaw – 22 May 1874, Warsaw) was a Polish noblewoman, pianist, salon hostess and patron of the arts.

Ebba Larsdotter Sparre (1629 – 19 March 1662) was a Swedish lady-in-waiting and noblewoman. She is known as the intimate friend and speculated lover of Queen Christina of Sweden.

Salomea of Berg (, ; – 27 July 1144) was a German noblewoman and, by marriage with Prince Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1115, High Duchess of Poland until her husband's death in 1138.

Marcia Furnilla (also sometimes called Marcia Fulvia) was a Roman noblewoman who lived in the 1st century. Furnilla was the second and last wife of the future Roman Emperor Titus.

Natalia Brasova, Countess Brasova (; born Natalia Sergeyevna Sheremetyevskaya, ; 27 June 1880 – 26 January 1952) was a Russian noblewoman who married, as her third husband, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia.

19th-century drawing of Kosara and Jovan Vladimir. Kosara or Cossara was a Bulgarian noblewoman, related to Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria, who was married to Prince Jovan Vladimir of Duklja.

Angharad ferch Meurig was a 9th-century Welsh noblewoman. She was the wife of Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd, and mother of Anarawd (Rhodri's successor), Cadell ap Rhodri, and Merfyn.

Anna Buturlina, self portrait, miniature, c. 1817. In the collections of the Hermitage Museum Countess Anna Artemevna Buturlina (), née Vorontsova (Воронцова; 17771854) was a Russian artist, noblewoman, and artist's model.

Alice FitzAlan, Baroness Cherleton (1378–1415) was an English noblewoman, being the daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel. She was the wife of John Charleton, 4th Baron Cherleton.

Elżbieta Szydłowiecka () (b. 1533, d. 1562) was a Polish–Lithuanian Calvinist noblewoman heiress. She was the youngest daughter of Court and Great Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki and Zofia Tagrowicka h. Tarnawa.

"Three Deaths: A Tale" (, Tri smerti) is a short story by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1859. It narrates the deaths of three subjects: a noblewoman, a coachman and a tree.

Local folk legends recount that conquistador Juan de Salcedo fell in love with an 18-year-old noblewoman called "Dayang-dayang Gandarapa", who was said to be the niece of Lakandula.

Her husband went on to marry again in 1798. He married as his second wife the Italian noblewoman, Maria-Caterina di Brignole-Sale, the widow of Honoré III, Prince of Monaco.

Elizabeth Rannie, also known as Elizabeth Rennie, (1750–1847) was a Scottish noblewoman who was married to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and was mother to Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.

Berenice of Chios ( Bereníke; died about 72/71 BC) was an obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios who became the third wife of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.

Lindenborg Castle Sophie Amalie Lindenov, Baroness of Lindenborg (4 July 1649 – 4 August 1688) was a Danish noblewoman and landowner. She was Baroness of Lindenborg and the owner of Lindenborg Castle.

Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (née Poupart de Neuflize) (1892–1979), was a French noblewoman who married into the English aristocracy and served as Viceregal Consort of Canada in the 1930s.

Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1658–1714) was a Swedish noblewoman and lady-in- waiting; daughter of Count Erik Stenbock and related to queen Katarina Stenbock; sister of the political salonist Magdalena Stenbock.

Jane Elizabeth Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (née Scott; 1774–1824) was an English noblewoman, known as a patron of the Reform movement and a lover of Lord Byron.

Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, also known as Mary Victoria Hamilton (11 December 185014 May 1922), was a Scottish noblewoman who was the great- grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Cecilia Månsdotter Eka (c. 1476–1523) also called Cecilia of Eka, was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the spouse of Erik Johansson Vasa and mother of King Gustav I of Sweden.

Sheila NaGeira, Sheila Mageila, Sheila Na Geira Pike, or Princess Sheila is a legendary 17th-century Irish noblewoman regarded in Carbonear, Newfoundland as an ancestor of the locally prominent Pike family.

Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marchioness of Távora (15 March 1700 - 13 January 1759, Lisbon) was a Portuguese noblewoman, most notable for being one of those executed during the Távora affair.

Lady Anne Dick or Anne Cunyngham or Anne Mackenzie (died 1741) was a Scottish noblewoman, poet and eccentric. Some of her lampoons and verses are said to have embarrassed her friends.

Amalie von Levetzow (1803) by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (on permanent loan to the Goethe House, Frankfurt). Amalie Theodore Caroline von Levetzow (née von Brösigke; 1788 - 1868) was a German noblewoman.

Anne Browne (c.1495She married Richard Fermor in 1515; Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 shows that her birth year was c. 1495 – 10 March 1582), was a Tudor noblewoman.

Alessandro Di Saluzzo di Monesiglio was born at Turin in 1775. He was the son of , Count of Monesiglio and the noblewoman, Maria Margherita Giuseppa Girolama Cassoti di Casalgrasso. When he was very young he enrolled in the Royal Sardinian Army and he was employed in senior roles from the restoration in 1814, when he was part of the Regency Council, as a colonel. In the meantime, he married the noblewoman Maria Luisa Arborio Di Breme.

Arms of Princess Marie Thérèse of Monaco. Marie Thérèse Françoise de Choiseul (1767 – 27 July 1794) was a French noblewoman and a Monegasque princess, married to Prince Joseph of Monaco in 1782.

Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet Sundsby Manor Margareta Huitfeldt (5 November 1608 – 16 November 1683) was a Norwegian-Swedish noblewoman, estate owner and philanthropist. She was the prime benefactor of Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Anna of Isenburg-Büdingen (1460 - 27 July 1522 in Babenhausen) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count Louis II of Isenburg-Büdingen and Countess Maria of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.

The first wive of Rene died prior to 1462; his second wife was Jeanne de Laval, a French noblewoman and daughter Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval and Isabella of Brittany.

Iona Mary Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Colquhoun; born 22 June 1945) is a Scottish noblewoman. She was married to the 12th Duke of Argyll from 1964 until his death in 2001.

Scribonia Magna (), known in modern historical sources as Scribonia Crassi, was a Roman noblewoman. Scribonia was the daughter and only child of Lucius Scribonius Libo (consul AD 16), and Cornelia Pompeia Magna.

Alix de Montmorency (died 24 February 1220/1221) was a French noblewoman. Her parents were Bouchard V de Montmorency and Laurette, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut and Alice of Namur.

Krystyna Strusiówna (1605-1647), was a Polish noblewoman. She became infamous for the great scandal of 1625, in which she committed incest by marrying her nephew Adam Kalinowskim and eloped with him.

Oda of Haldensleben (c. 955/60 – 1023) was a German noblewoman and by marriage Duchess of the Polans. She was the eldest child of Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the North March.

Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa (circa 1491 – 21 November 1549) was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the mother of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and the second cousin and mother-in-law of King Gustav Vasa.

The first wife of Rene died prior to 1462; his second wife was Jeanne de Laval, a French noblewoman and daughter Guy XIV de Laval, Count of Laval and Isabella of Brittany.

Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster, of the House of Brienne ( - 1361) was an English noblewoman, being the youngest daughter and child of Henry de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan and Alice Comyn.

He was buried at Salamanca. He had a son, the result of an affair with the noblewoman Juana de Pimentel. Fonseca's son later served the Spanish king and inherited property in Galicia.

Spring has come. The story transitions back to the noblewoman, laying in her bedroom. Her condition has worsened. A priest waits on a divan outside, while the husband talks with his wife's sister.

Nofret was a noblewoman and princess who lived in Ancient Egypt during the 4th dynasty of Egypt c. 2613 to 2494 BC. Nefert means "beautiful". Nofret is alternatively known as Nefert or Neferet.

Johanna Friederike Charlotte Dorothea Eleonore, Princess of Bismarck, Duchess of Lauenburg (11 April 1824 – 27 November 1894) was a Prussian noblewoman and the wife of the 1st Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck.

In 1809, Alexander I was widely and famously rumoured to have had an affair with the Finnish noblewoman Ulla Möllersvärd and to have had a child by her, but this is not confirmed.

Ingeborg Akeleye by Jens Kuel Ingeborg Akeleye (May 13, 1741 – June 2, 1800) was a Norwegian noblewoman and heiress. She became known for her association with prominent men and her adventurous love life.

Barbara Kolanka or Barbara Kołówna h. Junosza (end of the 15th century–1550) was a Polish noblewoman. She is best known as the mother of queen Barbara Radziwiłł and Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł.

Mathilda Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (née Mathilda Coster Mortimer; 20 August 1925 — 5 June 1997) was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the third and final wife of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll.

Elizabeth de Comyn (1 November 1299 - 20 November 1372) was a medieval noblewoman and heiress, notable for being kidnapped by the Despenser family towards the end of the reign of King Edward II.

Princess Uliana Olshanska (, or ; d. 1448) was a noblewoman from the Olshanski family, the second wife of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. They had no issue. Very little is known about Uliana's life.

Tsu. , also known as Tsuchida Gozen, was a Japanese noblewoman and the mother of Oda Nobunaga, a major daimyō and politician of the Sengoku period regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.

Sophie of Mecklenburg, also spelled Sophia (18 December 1481 - 12 July 1503 in Torgau) was a German noblewoman. She was a Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony.

Aleksandras Plechavičius was born on 1 June 1897, in Bukončiai farmstead in the Židikai District to the Lithuanian farmer Ignas Plechavičius. His mother was the Lithuanian noblewoman Konstancija Bukontaitė. Aleksandras had ten siblings.

Countess Dorothea of Mansfeld (1493–8 June 1578) was a German noblewoman and healer. She was well known around Germany for her medical recipes, mentorship, and generosity towards people of all social classes.

Tjuyu (sometimes transliterated as Thuya or Thuyu) was an Egyptian noblewoman and the mother of queen Tiye, and the wife of Yuya. She is the grandmother of Akhenaten, and great grandmother of Tutankhamun.

Countess Eleonore Louise Albertine von Schlieben-Sanditten (1720 - 15 February 1755) was a German noblewoman and a lady in waiting to Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, the wife of Frederick the Great.

Princess Claudine of Teck (Claudine Henriette, 11 February 1836 – 18 November 1894), known as Countess Claudine von Hohenstein until 1863, was a 19th- century Austrian noblewoman directly related to German and English royalty.

Countess Alix de Lannoy (née Alix della Faille de Leverghem; 20 September 1941 – 26 August 2012)Date of Death was a Belgian noblewoman and the mother of Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg.

María del Carmen de Barrenechea y Montegui, 1st Duchess of Dato (19 June 1860 - 1 October 1925) was a Spanish noblewoman and wife of the Eduardo Dato e Iradier, Prime Minister of Spain.

Adela of Saluzzo (c.995-after 1055) was a northern Italian noblewoman. She was a member of the Obertenghi dynasty. Through marriage to Anselm II, margrave of Saluzzo, she was margravine of Saluzzo.

Afterwards, the sister attempts to comfort the noblewoman, who begins claiming that she has come to terms with death. This mature and faithful attitude leads the sister to say that Lady Shirkinskaya "is an angel" as she leaves the room. Proclaiming God's mercifulness, the noblewoman beckons her husband closer and commands him to send for the medicine the priest mentioned earlier. For a woman that has accepted her death, Lady Shirkinskaya continues to cling on to any hope of living.

Salamāsina descended from several powerful royal bloodlines. Her mother, Vaetoefaga, was an extremely highborn noblewoman who enjoyed a lofty position in both Samoan and Tongan societies. Vaetoefaga's father was the Tu‘i Tonga Kau‘ulufonua II (a son of Tu'i Tonga Kau'ulufonua I and the Samoan noblewoman Vainu'ulasi) and her mother was Taupoimāsina (the daughter of high chief Lefono of Amoa, Savai'i). As a teenager Vaetoefaga became the tenth and last wife of the Samoan paramount Tuia‘ana Tamaalelagi, with whom she conceived their daughter Salamāsina.

Pujie was first married in 1924 to a Manchu noblewoman, Tang Shixia, but they had no children. He left his wife behind when he went to Japan, and the marriage was dissolved some years later. After graduating from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, Pujie agreed to an arranged marriage with a Japanese noblewoman. He selected Saga Hiro, who was a relative of the Japanese imperial family, from a photograph from a number of possible candidates vetted by the Kwantung Army.

Ingerd Erlendsdotter (c. 1440-1526) was a Norwegian noblewoman and landowner during the 15th century. She was the daughter and ultimate heiress of Erlend Eindridsson (died ca. 1452) and Gudrun Olavsdotter (ca. 1415-1472).

Catherine of Bosnia (, ) (fl. 14th century) was a Bosnian noblewoman. She was Countess of Cilli by her marriage to Hermann I, Count of Cilli, and a member of the House of Kotromanić by birth.

Annia Aurelia Faustina ( AD 201 – c. AD 222) was an Anatolian Roman noblewoman. She was briefly married to the Roman emperor Elagabalus in 221 and thus a Roman empress. She was Elagabalus' third wife.

Amalie Sofie Holstein (1748-1823), was a Danish noblewoman and courtier, known for her love life and unconventional life style, known in history as one of the Three Graces of the Danish royal court.

Cornelia Zangheri Bandi (20 July 1664 – 15 March 1731) was an Italian noblewoman, generally known for the circumstances surrounding her mysterious death, which is frequently described as a possible case of spontaneous human combustion.

Florian's Mother is a noblewoman who is forced to sell her treasured family heirlooms to pay off the family's debts. She is presumed to have died in the fire that consumed the family's mansion.

Rowena Seymour née Wall (July 1861 - 13 November 1950) was an English noblewoman, philanthropist and wife of Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset, who was styled as Duchess of Somerset from 22 October 1923.

Anna Karolina Orzelska (23 November 1707 – 27 September 1769) was an adventuress and Polish szlachcianka (noblewoman), the illegitimate daughter of August II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, by Henriette Rénard.

Lady Manners' death mask Lady Manners school Grace, Lady Manners (c.1575 – c.1650) was an English noblewoman who lived at Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire. She founded Bakewell's Lady Manners School in 1636.

Portrait of Caroline von Holnstein Caroline von Holnstein (8 May 1815 in Schloss Fronberg/Schwandorf – 24 July 1859, Fronberg/Schwandorf) was a German noblewoman, best known for her appearance in the Gallery of Beauties.

Alice of Norfolk or Alice of Brotherton (c. 1324 – c. 30 January 1352) was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, and a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (15 June 1287 – 23 May 1338) was an English noblewoman and heir apparent to the Earldom of Surrey. In 1305, she married Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

Hachijō-in no Takakura (八条院高倉, c. 1176 - c. 1248) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the early Kamakura period. She is designated as a member of the .

Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (Marie Louise Henriette Jeanne; 15 August 1725 - 1793) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Princess of Guéméné by marriage.

Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, marquise de Prie (1698 - 7 October 1727), was a French noblewoman who for a brief period exercised extraordinary control of the French court during the reign of King Louis XV.

Salomea of Berg (c. 1093/1101 – 27 July 1144), his second wife, was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Count Henry of Berg-Schelklingen. The marriage took place in January or February 1115.

Margaret Elter (c. 1525 - c. 1 February 1553), or Marguerite d'Elter, was a noblewoman from Guelders, relative of Anna 't Serclaes (wife of John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester), and Protestant refugee in Cambridge and Strasbourg.

Christina (Syriac: ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ, Kresṭīnā),Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., "Christine Yazdouy (text) — ܟܪܣܛܝܢܐ ܝܙܕܘܝ " in Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca Electronica (2015). born Yazdoi (fl. 6th century), was a Sasanian Persian noblewoman and Christian martyr.

Lucrezia Barberini (24 October 1628 - 24 August 1699) was an Italian noblewoman and, by marriage, Duchess of Modena. Born into the Barberini family, she was the last wife of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena.

Ridola was born to Gregorio Ridola and noblewoman Camilla de Gemmis of Terlizzi. In 1865, he graduated in Medicine from the University of Naples Federico II, and then continued his studies in Italy and abroad.

Barbara of Hesse, Duchess of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (8 April 1536 – 8 June 1597) was a German noblewoman, and the wife of Count George I of Württemberg- Mömpelgard. Her second husband was Daniel, Count of Waldeck.

Pap married an Armenian noblewoman called Zarmandukht, who through marriage became queen consort of Armenia.Kurkjian, A History of Armenia, p. 266. Zarmandukht bore Pap two sons:Epic Histories, Book 5.37. Arsaces III (Arshak III) and Vologases.

Fujiwara no Ryoshi (藤原旅子, also read Fujiwara no Tabiko; 759–788) was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nara period. She was a consort to Emperor Kanmu and the mother of Emperor Junna.

Countess Caroline Esterházy de Galántha (; 6 September 1805 – 14 March 1851) was a Hungarian noblewoman, and a friend and muse to composer Franz Schubert. His Fantasia in F minor D 940 is dedicated to her.

N'Iseut de Capio"N'", contraction of "Na", is an Occitan honorific meaning "Lady". Her first name, sometimes spelled Iseuz, is the Occitan form of Isolde. (born c. 1140) was a noblewoman and trobairitz from Gévaudan.

Barbara Gonzaga (, ; 11 December 1455 — 30 May 1503), nicknamed Barbarina, was an Italian noblewoman member of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Countess consort (1474–1495) and first Duchess consort of Württemberg (1495–1496).

Marianna "Anna" Leszczyńska (Trzebnica, Poland, 25 May 1699 - 20 June 1717 in Palatine Zweibrücken, Germany), was a Polish noblewoman from the Leszczyński family.Edmund Cieślak, Stanisław Leszczyński, pp. 45-46, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Warsaw 1994.

Louisa Theodosia Jenkinson, Countess of Liverpool (,) (February 1767 – 12 June 1821) was a British noblewoman and the first wife of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool who served as Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827.

Countess Stroganova by Jean-Laurent Mosnier, 1808 Pyotr Sokolov (c 1819) Countess Sophie Vladimirovna Stroganova, née princess Golitsyna (Russian - Софья Владимировна Строганова; 11 November 1775, Moscow – 3 March 1845, St Petersburg) was a Russian noblewoman.

Theoxena (; born before 317 BC; died after 289 BC) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and through marriage was a queen of Sicily.

Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marchioness of Thianges (1633 – 12 September 1693) was a French noblewoman. A great beauty and wit, she was the older sister of Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Madame de Montespan.

Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子 dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Kamakura period. She is designated as a member of the . She is also known as and .

The novel opens on 13 May 1876 with a university student, Pyotr Kokorin, committing suicide in the public park in front of a beautiful young noblewoman, Elizaveta von Evert-Kolokoltseva. His will leaves his large fortune to the newly opened Moscow chapter of Astair House, an international network of schools for orphan boys founded by an English noblewoman, Lady Astair. The apparently open-and-shut suicide case falls to inexperienced 20-year-old detective Erast Fandorin. He interviews Elizaveta, and immediately falls in love with her.

She had three siblings: a sister called Ceionia Fabia; two brothers the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus who co-ruled with Marcus Aurelius from 161-169 and Gaius Avidius Ceionius Commodus. Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus and the surmised but undocumented noblewoman Ignota Plautia. Although her adoptive paternal grandparents were the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Roman Empress Vibia Sabina, her biological paternal grandparents were the consul Lucius Ceionius Commodus and noblewoman Aelia or Fundania Plautia. Plautia married Quintus Servilius Pudens consul in 166.

D. Catarina Micaela de Sousa César e Lencastre (29 September 1749 — 4 January 1824) was a Portuguese noblewoman, and a poet and playwright. While a celebrated author during her lifetime, most of her work remains unpublished.

Imiza of Luxembourg (also Irmentrude and Ermentrude) (-died after ),Glocker, Die Verwandten der Ottonen, p. 348. was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg, and the wife of Welf II of Swabia.

As a noblewoman, she is brave and very proud. She treasures her honor above all else, she is even ready to commit a suicide to avoid disgrace. She deeply loves Skrzetuski and is faithful to him.

Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (24 September 1580 - 21 December 1653 in Rügenwalde in Pomerania) was a German noblewoman. She was a Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania- Stettin.

Archduchess Mathilde of Austria (Mathilde Marie Adelgunde Alexandra; 25 January 1849 – 6 June 1867) was an Austrian noblewoman. She was the second daughter of Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825–1864).

Lady Hyegyeong (6 August 1735 - 13 January 1816), also known as Queen Heongyeong, was a Korean writer and noblewoman during the Joseon Dynasty. She was the wife of Crown Prince Sado and mother of King Jeongjo.

Osmin, the bad-tempered house-servant to Pasha Selim, has caught his hated enemies trying to rescue a noblewoman from captivity in the Pasha's harem. He taunts them, gleefully anticipating the pleasure of seeing them hanged.

Adele of Meaux ( – c. 982) was a French noblewoman. She was Countess of Chalon and later Countess of Anjou. Adele was a daughter of Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Troyes, and Adelaide de Chalon.

Anna Eleonora Ekelöf (fl. 1765), was a Swedish serial impostor. She committed fraud with a series of false identities, posing as mamsell, noblewoman, officer, Count and the Crown Prince of Sweden before her arrest in 1765.

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (Marie Agnes Louise Charlotte; 11 August 1873 - 14 April 1953) was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a princess of Anhalt by marriage.

Merrill, Charles J. "Colom of Catalonia: Origins of Christopher Columbus Revealed." Demers Books LLC, 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-07. However, Samuel Eliot Morison has cast no doubts regarding Columbus's marriage to the Portuguese noblewoman Filipa Perestrello.

Charlotte Elisabeth Henriette Holstein née zu Inn- und Knyphausen (3 February 1741 – 18 May 1809, Vallø) was a Danish noblewoman. She served as Overhofmesterinde to Denmark's queen consort Caroline Matilda of Great Britain in 1770-1772.

Madame Geneviève Pétau de Maulette, Lady Glenluce (c. 1563–1643) was a French noblewoman, tutor to Elizabeth of Bohemia, author and the second wife of John Gordon, D.D., Dean of Salisbury and Lord Glenluce and Longormes.

Maria Naryshkina, by Salvatore Tonci Maria Antonovna Naryshkina (Russian: Мария Антоновна Нарышкина, 1779–1854), born Princess Maria Czetwertyńska- Światopełk, was a Polish noblewoman who was the mistress of Tsar Alexander I of Russia for 19 years.

Katarzyna Kossakowska Katarzyna Kossakowska (died 1803), was a Polish noblewoman and politician. She was a leading politician in mid 18th-century Poland, and known for her opposition to King Stanislaw. She has been portrayed in literature.

Eurydice (Greek: Εὐρυδίκη), born Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was a mid-4th century BC Macedonian noblewoman, niece of Attalus, and last of the seven wives of Philip II of Macedon, but the first with a Macedonian woman.

Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 145. Tlilpotoncatzin took at least two wives, both from Amaquemecan: Xiuhtoztzin, the daughter of Yaopaintzin, quauhtlatoani of Tequanipan Huixtoco; and Quauhtlamiyahualtzin, a noblewoman from Acxotlan Cihuateopan.Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1., p. 153.

Mabel de Bellême (1030s -1079) was a Norman noblewoman. She inherited the lordship of Bellême from her father and later became Countess of Shrewsbury through her husband. She was a member of the House of Bellême.

Vasilisa Volokhova (floruit 1591; Russian: Василиса Волохова) was a Russian noblewoman and courtier, the royal governess and nurse of Prince Dmitry of Uglich. She was said to have participated in the murder of the prince in 1591.

Princess Elisabeth "Zizi" Alexeevna Narishkina née Kurakin (1838-1928) was a Russian noblewoman, court official and memoirist. She served as Ober- Hofmeisterin (Mistress of the Robes) to empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) from 1910 until 1917.

Papianilla was a Roman noblewoman She was the wife of Tonantius Ferreolus.Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina, XXIV 34-38. Another Papianilla, the wife of the poet Sidonius Apollinaris, was a relative of hers.Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistles, II 9.3; VII 12.1.

Appuleia Varilla (flourished 1st century AD) was a Roman noblewoman and the daughter of Quinctilla Varilla and Sextus Appuleius. She was a grand-niece of the emperor Augustus as her father was the son of Octavia Major.

Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon, marquise de Boufflers (1711–1786), commonly known as Madame de Boufflers, was a French noblewoman. She was the royal mistress of Stanislas Leszczyński and mother of the poet Stanislas de Boufflers.

Adelaide of Metz (970 – 19 May 1046) was a French noblewoman. Adelaide was born in 970 in Egisheim. She was a member of the Matfriding dynasty, descending from Matfrid. She was a sister of Adalbert and Gerhard.

Marianna Lanckorońska Maria Lanckorońska (1737-1826), was a Polish noblewoman. She is foremost known for her political activity. She was a supporter and participant of the Bar Confederation (1768-1772) and an known opponent of king Stanislaw.

Mary Beaton (1543–1598) was a Scottish noblewoman and an attendant of Mary, Queen of Scots. She and three other ladies-in-waiting (Mary Livingston, Mary Fleming and Mary Seton) were collectively known as "The Four Marys".

Maximus had married Elen, a Welsh noblewoman, and they had three sons. Phillips claims that the name actually given to the town was Caer Elen, in honour of his wife (the name later changing to Caer Alun).

Elizabeth de Burgh, Duchess of Clarence, suo jure 4th Countess of Ulster and 5th Baroness of Connaught (6 July 1332 – 10 December 1363) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence.

Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier (c.1399-1432) was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier. She married twice, and both husbands acquired the title of Baron Bourchier in iure uxoris.

Christine Stampe, painted in 1827 by C. A. Jensen. Christine Stampe née Dalgas (20 April 1797 – 5 May 1868) was a Danish noblewoman known as one of the chief benefactors of the Danish/Icelandic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

In the 1910 Ježek married Olga Semak, a local noblewoman, daughter of Eugene Semak. In 1913 they had a daughter. Ježek died in Prague on 10 May 1969. He is buried in the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.

Kuini Liliha (–1839) was a High Chiefess (aliʻi) and noblewoman who served the Kingdom of Hawaii as royal governor of Oʻahu island. She administered the island from 1829 to 1831 following the death of her husband Boki.

Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra (Spanish: Isabel) (12 March 1409 – 17 September 1459) was a Catalan noblewoman of the Urgell branch of the House of Aragon. She was the wife of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra.

King Frederick had been in love with the noblewoman Anne Corfitzdatter Hardenberg for many years, but was unable to marry her due to her being a noblewoman, not a princess, the opposition of the Danish Privy Council as well as eventually Anne herself. Despite the age difference between Sophie and Frederick, the marriage was described as harmonious. Queen Sophie was a loving mother, nursing her children personally during their illnesses. When Frederick was sick with malaria in 1575, she personally nursed him and wrote many worried letters to her father about his progress.

Höffern, von Höffer or von Hoeffer, was a German noblewoman and fortune teller. She became famous in Sweden during the first half of the 18th century, where she has been called the first famous fortune teller in Stockholm.

Princess Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (Maria Elisabeth Apollonia Casimira Francisca Xaveria; 2 February 1736 - 24 December 1818) was a German noblewoman and titular Princess of Poland, Lithuania and Saxony of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.

Redgate, The Armenians, p.79 Tigranes married a noblewoman from central Anatolia called Opgalli. Opgalli was a Phrygian woman, who may have been a Hellenic Jew. His wife is only known through surviving numismatic evidence from his kingship.

The book follows the character of Countess Erzebet, a young noblewoman held prisoner while being charged with murder. As the book unfolds, Erzebet tells her life's story, from her ill-omened birth to the crimes she's charged with.

Countess Dorothea of Hanau-Münzenberg (4 February 1556 - 5 September 1638), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hanau by birth and by virtue of her two marriages Countess of Ortenburg and Gleichen-Kranichfeld-Ehrenstein- Blankenhain.

Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex (c. 1110 – 1170 or after) was a noblewoman in England in the Anglo-Norman and Angevin periods. Married twice, she and her second husband founded the Gilbertine monastery of Chicksands in Bedfordshire.

Her paternal half uncle was Lucius Vibullius Claudius Herodes. Her paternal grandparents was the Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Rufus and noblewoman Athenais. Athenais was named in honor of her late paternal grandmother. Her paternal grandparents were paternal second cousins.

Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow Baroness Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (born 5 March 1810 in Brunswick; died 9 January 1893 in Dresden) was a German noblewoman and educator noted for her work in spreading the kindergarten concept through Europe.

Lady Louisa Conolly (5 December 1743 - August 1821) was an English-born Irish noblewoman. She was the third of the famous Lennox Sisters, and was notable among them for leading a wholly uncontroversial life filled with good works.

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne (17 January 1601 - 24 May 1665) was a French noblewoman. As the wife of Henri de La Trémoille, she was Duchess of Thouars, Duchess of La Tremoille, and Princess of Talmond and Taranto.

Bismarck married Marie's cousin, the noblewoman Johanna von Puttkamer (1824–94) at Alt-Kolziglow (modern Kołczygłowy) on 28 July 1847. Their long and happy marriage produced three children: Marie (b. 1847), Herbert (b. 1849) and Wilhelm (b. 1852).

Clementia was the daughter of Count William I of Burgundy and a noblewoman named Stephanie. Her family was heavily attached to the Catholic Church, with two of her brothers becoming archbishops and another brother becoming Pope Callixtus II.

Marguerite de Sassenage (1424–1470) was a French noblewoman. She was a mistress to King Louis XI of France prior to his succession as king. She had three daughters with Louis XI, who were all acknowledged by him.

Harvard University Press, 1997. All of Alfred's thirteen children were named 'by the book', meaning Alfred chose all thirteen names with biblical reference.Blew, Mary C. Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman (Review). Vol. Volume 75.

Ogura Hyakunin isshu. was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period. A member of the Minamoto clan, her work is also included in the Kin'yō Wakashū. In 1142, she ordained as a Buddhist nun.

Cecilia Ulvsdotter (d. 12 March 1399), was a Swedish noblewoman. She was born as the youngest child of Bridget of Sweden and Ulf Gudmarsson. In the legend of Bridget, she was born with the assistance of the Virgin Mary.

La princesse Radziwill Princess Marie Radziwill (Marie Dorothée Élisabeth; née Castellane; 19 February 1840, château de Rochecotte10 July 1915) was a French noblewoman, a member of the house of Castellane. The famous dandy Boni de Castellane was her nephew.

Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage. She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure.

Anna of Brandenburg (27 August 1487 - 3 May 1514) was a German noblewoman. Margravine Anna was the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margaret of Thuringia. She was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, and died in Kiel, Holstein.

Anne Dudley (née Russell), Countess of Warwick (1548/1549 – 9 February 1604) was an English noblewoman, and a lady-in-waiting and close friend of Elizabeth I. She was the third wife of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.

Adriana Crispo (d. after 1537), was a noblewoman of the Crispo family, lady of Ios, Therasia (1508-1537) and Antiparos (1528-1537) in the Cyclades. She was one of the last rulers before the conquest of the Ottoman Empire.

Fincastle was the eldest son of Alexander Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore and his wife, Catherine. His maternal grandmother was the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzoff (or Vorontsova), daughter of the Russian ambassador to St James's, Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov.

Sempronia (b. circa 170 B.C., fl. 101) was a Roman noblewoman living in the Middle and Late Roman Republic, who was most famous as the sister of the ill-fated Tiberius Gracchus (d. 133 B.C.) and Gaius Gracchus (d.

Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz (; 7 December 1875 – 11 June 1951) was a Bohemian noblewoman whose marriage to the son of the former heiress to the throne of Brazil prompted renunciation of his claim to the abolished monarchy's throne.

Bacciarelli Anna Szaniawska Anna Szaniawska (1730-1795), was a Polish noblewoman. She was a close friend of the king's sister Izabella Poniatowska and a prominent salonniére in Polish high society. She was also a Freemason and a known philanthropist.

Mes-ag-tshoms had two other wives, a noblewoman from the Nanam clan, Mang-mo-rje bZhi-steng, who died in 730,Bacot, J. et al. (1940), p. 48. and a princess from 'Jang (Nanzhao) called lCam lHa-spangs.

María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, 15th Countess of Chinchón (María Teresa Carolina; 6 March 1779some say 26 January 1780 – 23 November 1828), was a Spanish noblewoman and grandee. She was a patrilineal granddaughter of Philip V of Spain.

Princess Mária Antónia von Koháry (2 July 1797 – 25 September 1862) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the ancestor of several European monarchs. She was the heiress of the Koháry family and one of the three largest landowners in Hungary.

Itzamnaaj Bʼalam was born in 647 to Lady Pacal and Yaxun Bʼalam III and later had a son named Yaxun Bʼalam IV who ascended to the throne after Itzamnaaj Bʼalam's death. His grandmother was Lady Xibalba, noblewoman of Yaxchilan.

ArtakamaArtakama by Chris Bennett. Retrieved October 2010 (fl. 324 BC) was a Persian noblewoman and the second wife of Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and the first Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

Ogura Hyakunin isshu. was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late-Heian and early-Kamakura period. She was a contributor to the Senzai Wakashū anthology. A member of the Minamoto clan, she was also known as .

Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere (ca. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/January 1334, disputed) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.Costain, Thomas B. (1958). The Three Edwards. pp.

Magdalena of Lippe (25 February 1552, Detmold – 26 February 1587, Darmstadt) was a German noblewoman. She was a Countess of Lippe by birth. By her marriage to George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt she was the first Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick (1281 – 2 May 1320) was an Irish noblewoman, and the wife of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland (1268 – 13 September 1321). She was the mother of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond.

Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca – pond and city wall Lucida Mansi (Lucca, c. 1606 – Lucca, c. February 12, 1649) was an Italian noblewoman, and the subject of a legend in the province of Lucca, Italy. She is of uncertain origins.

Márkus married to a Hungarian noblewoman Janka Feigler (1858–1931) in 1877. They had two children, author and civil servant Jenő (born 1879) and pianist Lily (born 1888) who was the wife of painter and graphic Lajos Sz. Gyenes (1890–1971).

Kunigunde of Eisenberg (also known as Kunne; – before 31 May 1286), was a German noblewoman and the second wife of Landgrave Albert II of Thuringia. She was a daughter of Count Otto of Eisenberg and his wife Anna of Kottwotz.

Coat of arms of the Jakšić noble family Anna Glinskaya (; / Ana Glinska; died c. 1553), née Ana Jakšić ( / Ana Jakšić; ) was a Serbian and Russian noblewoman. She was daughter of Serbian voivode Stefan Jakšić (d. 1489), from the Jakšić noble family.

John VI died in 1548 in Bremen. His widow was not a noblewoman, so children from this marriage (if any) would be unable to inherit the county. He probably married her after he had lost all hope of regaining power.

Adur-Anahid () was a high-ranking 3rd-century Iranian noblewoman from the royal Sasanian family, who wielded the title of Queen of Queens (banbishnan banbishn). She was a daughter of the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran, Shapur I ().

María de Salinas, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (ca. 1490 - 1539Karen Lindsey, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, xvii, Perseus Books, 1995) was an English noblewoman and courtier from Spain. She was a confidante and lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England.

Irina Mikhailovna (; 22 April 1627 - 8 April 1679), was a Russian Tsarevna, the eldest daughter of Tsar Michael of Russia from his second marriage to Eudoxia Streshneva, a noblewoman from Mozhaysk. She was the elder sister of Alexis of Russia.

Vendela Skytte Vendela Skytte (or Wendela Skytte) (8 December 1608 – 18 August 1629) was a Swedish noblewoman, salonist and writer, poet and Lady of Letters. During her lifetime, she became an ideal and role model for a learned female scholar.

Maria Razumovskaya by Vigée-Lebrun, oil on canvas, 1798. Maria Grigorievna Razumovskaya (10 April 1772 - 9 August 1865) was a Russian noblewoman and patron of the arts. Her salon in St Petersburg was visited by Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra.

Countess Antónia Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (14 July 1816 - 25 September 1888) was a Hungarian noblewoman and wife of Lajos Batthyány who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. They married on 4 December 1834.

Countess Maria Zofia Czartoryska née Sieniawska (15 April 1699-21 May 1771) was a Polish szlachcianka (noblewoman). By birth she was member of powerful Sieniawski family and by marriage she was member of House of Dönhoff and House of Czartoryski.

Gytha depicted in modern stained glass. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (, 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman. She was the mother of King Harold Godwinson and of Edith of Wessex, queen consort of King Edward the Confessor of England.

Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro Canto e Melo (December 27, 1797 — November 3, 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I.

Olimpia Giustiniani (18 May 1641 – 27 December 1729) was an Italian noblewoman of the houses of Giustiniani and Barberini. She was the granddaughter of Olimpia Maidalchini, grand-niece of Pope Innocent X and wife of Maffeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina.

Mary MacDuff, Countess of Fife (née de Monthermer; October 1297 – circa 1371) was an English noblewoman. She was a daughter of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer and his wife Joan of Acre. Other sources have her being born in 1298.

He married twice; firstly to rich Polish noblewoman, Anna Cetner (Zetzner) (1764–1814), whom he wed on 20 May 1803. She was daughter of Ignacy Cetner, Wojewoda Belski (1728-1800) and Countess Ludowika Potocka (1744-1800). The couple had no issue.

Nosrat Saltaneh (10 November 1896 – 22 July 1932), also known as 'Aghaye Andaroun', was a Persian noblewoman. She was the daughter of Mir 'Ali Mardan Khan, Nuzrat ol-Molk and Princess Ashraf us-Sultana Qajar and sister of Amirteymour Kalali.

Ricciarda Malaspina (1497 – 15 June 1553) was an Italian noblewoman, who was marquise of Massa and lady of Carrara from 1519 to 1546, and again from May 1547 until her death. She was ultimately succeeded by her younger son Alberico I.

Maria Anna Katharina RutowskaSome sources called her Maria Aurora. (1706–1746) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the illegitimate daughter of Polish king Augustus II the Strong and his mistress, the Turk Fatima or Fatime, later renamed Maria Anna of Spiegel.

Marie Isabelle de Rohan (Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique; 17 January 1699 - 5 January 1754) was a French noblewoman and grand daughter of Madame de Ventadour. Marie Isabelle was the governess of the children of Louis XV and his consort Marie Leszczyńska.

Agneta Rosenbröijer (ca. 1620 - 11 September 1697) was a Finnish-Swedish noblewoman and business person. She was a significant figure in the local history of Viborg, known for her pride, temperament and feuds, which has been the subject of many stories.

Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn (died c. 1434) was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, the daughter of David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathearn and Caithness. She succeeded to both her father's titles after his death between 1385 and 1389, probably March 1386.

Lady Cecilia Knutsdotter was a medieval Swedish mighty and wealthy noblewoman of high nobility. She is known as hertigsdotter, Duke's daughter. She is mentioned as daughter of the "Duke Canute", and historians differ who that exactly was. For hypotheses, see below.

Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de Saint-Nectaire, Duchesse de La Ferté- Senneterre (née de La Mothe-Houdancourt; 1654 - 1726) was a French noblewoman and court official who served as the Governess of the Children of France from 1709 to 1710.

Aretaphila of Cyrene (c. 50 BC, Cyrene, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa) was a Cyrenean noblewoman. According to Plutarch in his work De mulierum virtutes (On the Virtues of Women), she deposed the tyrant Nicocrates.Images of Women in Antiquity.

Theresa Parker, Lady Boringdon born Theresa Robinson (1 January 1745 – 21 December 1775) was an English noblewoman, designer and art patron. She bought paintings by Joshua Reynolds and Angelica Kauffman and oversaw the interior design and golden age of Saltram House.

His first wife was Apollonia Lang (died 1520), the older sister of the archbishop-cardinal of Salzburg Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg. His second wife was the Hungarian noblewoman Anna Drágffy, widow of László Kanizsay. Christoph had no children from any marriage.

The Chungju Eo ( "fish") claim descent from a man who was born to a human mother and a carp father, while the Changnyeong Jo are thought to descend from the offspring of a Silla noblewoman and the son of a dragon.

Maud de Lacy, (25 January 1223 - 10 March 1289), was an English noblewoman, being the eldest child of John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, and the wife of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester.

Guithelin was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He became king after the death of Gurguit Barbtruc. He ruled liberally and temperately for his life. His Queen consort was an artisan and noblewoman named Marcia.

Contessina de' Bardi (1390-October 1473), was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Bardi. Her marriage into the House of Medici provided her husband's family with much needed nobility, prestige, and military support as they established their power in Florence.

Ketevan Andronikashvili (; 1754 – 3 June 1782) was a Georgian noblewoman and the first wife of the future king George XII of Georgia. She is known for the victory of Georgian cavalry under her personal command over the Lesgian mountaineers in 1778.

Accessed March 10, 2018. Throughout her career as a storyteller, Alfred managed to keep the Kwakwala language alive in both its classical and everyday forms.Reid, Martine J., and Daisy Sewid-Smith. Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman.

Ogura Hyakunin isshu. The was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet in the Heian period. Her work appears in a large number of imperial poetry collections, including Shingoshūi Wakashū, Senzai Wakashū, Shokugosen Wakashū, Gyokuyō Wakashū, Shinsenzai Wakashū, Shinchokusen Wakashū, and others.

His grandfather, Publius Memmius Regulus, had married a woman from Ruscino, in the province of Gallia Narbonensis. His mother was the second daughter of Marcus Lollius and the noblewoman Volusia Saturnina.Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis, ix. 35. s. 58.O'Driscoll, "Lollius".

He was first married to Danish noblewoman Clara Gere of Bjørnstrup; however she died in 1647, only a few months after the marriage. In 1650 he married again to Danish noblewoman, Barbara Grabow with whom he had six children; the first four born at Björnstorp Castle (Swedish: Björnstorp slott) in Scania and the latter two born at Huseby kongsgård in Farsund after moving to Norway in 1658 (as a result of the Danish loss of Scania by the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde). Lauritz Galtung died during 1661 and was buried at Jondal Church (Jondal kyrkje).

They had one older surviving sibling, crown prince Alexei Petrovich, who was Peter's son by his first wife, noblewoman Eudoxia Lopukhina. As a child, Elizabeth was the favorite of her father, whom she resembled both physically and temperamentally. Even though he adored his daughter, Peter didn't devote time or attention to her education. He had a son (and grandson) from his first marriage to a noblewoman and didn't anticipate that a daughter born to his former maid might one day inherit the Russian throne, which no woman had ever sat upon at that point in time.

He came to know a local girl, a salesgirl of dairy products, and he introduced her to the noblewoman. The two became friends and often talked about "The Tramp": from their combined experiences, the women became suspicious about the man's real identity, and ultimately begun thinking that the Tramp was actually two very similar-looking men. That would explain his mood changes, the inconsistency of his stories, and his forgetfulness of details and memories from day to day. The suspicion was apparently confirmed when the noblewoman gave a jacket to the man, which was ultimately found among Bruneri's possessions.

De Launay, born in a noble family from the French-speaking region of Savoy, was the son of Count Luigi Filiberto de Launay and the French noblewoman Anne de la Balme. He too married a French noblewoman, Camille Angelique Caze de Méry. He started his military career by participating to the sixth and seventh anti- French coalitions. After the fall of Napoleon, de Launay re-entered the Savoyard army and was promoted to the Maggiore grade in 1825, Colonel in 1831 and Luogotenente Generale in 1843, the same year in which he became the last Viceroy of Sardinia.

While stories of pig-faced women vary in detail, they have the same basic form. A pregnant noblewoman would be approached by a beggar accompanied by her children, and would dismiss the beggar, and in so doing would in some way compare the beggar's children to pigs. The beggar would curse the pregnant noblewoman, and come the birth of the child it would be a girl, healthy and perfectly formed in every respect other than having the face of a pig. The child would grow up healthy, but with some of the behaviours of a pig.

Reconstructed chapel in Bobovac Stephen Tvrtko II was married during his first reign; his wife was mentioned by the Ragusans in 1409 as "the Queen, wife of King Tvrtko of Bosnia", but her name was not recorded. During his second reign, he considered it very important to marry a Catholic noblewoman and entertained the idea of choosing a bride from the Italian House of Malatesta. The collapse of his alliance with Venice meant that the plan was never realized. Tvrtko eventually married the Hungarian noblewoman Dorothy Garai, but not before assuring the papacy of his commitment to the Roman Catholic Church.

Louise Henriette Françoise de Lorraine (1707 - 31 March 1737) was a French noblewoman and member of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. She was the last wife of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730).

Maud de Chaworth (2 February 1282 - 3 December 1322) was an English noblewoman and wealthy heiress. She was the only child of Patrick de Chaworth. Sometime before 2 March 1297, she married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom she had seven children.

Frances Mackenzie, Countess of Seaforth (; 165918 December 1732), was a Welsh- born Scottish noblewoman and wife of Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

There he published several new collections, Tabernacle and Bonfire, and finally divorced Akhmatova (August 5, 1918), whom he had left for another woman several years prior. The following year he married Anna Nikolaevna Engelhardt, a noblewoman and daughter of a well-known historian.

Alternate spellings include Yosefina and Gosefine. The Swedish version is Josefine. The name started gaining popularity after 1800 due to the high profile of Joséphine de Beauharnais, a French noblewoman who became Napoleon's mistress and later his wife and Empress of the French.

S 1511 (975 or 980 x 987). In a will of later date (AD 990 x 1001), in which she is addressed as “my lady” (mire hlæfdian), the noblewoman Æthelgifu promised a bequest of 30 mancuses of gold.S 1497 (c. AD 990x 1001).

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta; 9 August 1847 – 8 November 1876) was an Italian noblewoman and became the 6th Princess of La Cisterna after the death of her father.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ‘’Le Petit Gotha’’.

Countess Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai de Marosnémethi et Nádaska (14 January 1918 – 18 April 2013)Elhunyt Horthy Istvánné was a Hungarian noblewoman and wife of István Horthy, son of Regent Miklós Horthy and Deputy Regent of Hungary for a short time in 1942.

Marie d'Alençon (29 March 1373 - 1417) was a French noblewoman, a Princess of the Blood, and the wife of John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and of Aumale, Viscount of Châtellerault, Baron of Elbeuf, of Mézières, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye.

Eveline Hańska (; 6 January – 11 April 1882) was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in VolhyniaJuanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac. Page 136. Kessinger Publishing, 2004 reprint. .

Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (13 October 1785, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 14 April 1846, Berlin) was a German noblewoman. She was the most senior woman at the Prussian court from 1810–40. She was styled as "Princess Wilhelm of Prussia".

Adeliza Basset (née de Dunstanville, died in or after 1210) was an English noblewoman. She was the daughter of Alan Dunstanville. She married Thomas Basset, Lord of Hedendon and their children were Gilbert, Thomas and Alan and Alice who married William Malet.

Painting of Karen Mowat. Rosendal Manor Karen Mowat (c. 16301675) was a Norwegian noblewoman, heiress, and landowner of Scottish origins. Probably born in Tysnes in present-day Hordaland, Karen Mowat was the daughter of Admiral Axel Mowat (15921661) and Karen Knudsdatter (died 1662).

Mary II, Countess of Menteith was a Scottish noblewoman. Her father was Alan II, Earl of Menteith,J. Ravilious, The Earls of Menteith: Murdoch, Earl of Menteith and the Ferrers family of Groby, The Scottish Genealogist (March 2013), Vol. LX, No. 1, pp.

Eleonora d'Este (4 July 1515, Ferrara – 1575, Ferrara) was a Ferrarese noblewoman. She was the first daughter of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and his second wife Lucrezia Borgia – as his first daughter, Alfonso named her after his mother Eleanor of Naples.

In 1690, the county of Suffolk is wracked with a fear of witches. Many girls and women are accused of casting spells and causing mayhem. One such accused woman is a Mrs. Mothersole, a wealthier noblewoman who has property of her own.

He married Sybil, an Antiochene noblewoman, described as a prostitute or sorcerer by 12th-century authors. She was a spy of Saladin, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt and Syria. Aimery of Limoges, Latin Patriarch of Antioch, excommunicated Bohemond's father for his third marriage.

Donika Kastrioti (née Andronika Arianiti-Muzaka) was an Albanian noblewoman and the spouse of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg. She was the daughter of Gjergj Arianiti, one of the greatest leaders in the Albanian war against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

Sophie Oxholm Sophie Marguerite Oxholm née Bech (25 December 1848 – 3 September 1935) was a Danish noblewoman who was active in the initial planning of the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition. She was the owner of Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg from 1914 to 1935.

Constance in Paradiso, Canto 3. Piccarda Donati was a 13th-century Italian noblewoman. She appears as a character in Dante's classic Divine Comedy. Piccarda, sister of Corso Donati and of Dante's friend Forese Donati, is the first character Dante encounters in Paradise.

Lady Harriet AclandAcland, Christian Henrietta Caroline. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 01. (née Fox-Strangways; 3 January 175021 July 1815) was a British noblewoman and diarist. She accompanied her husband to British North America and became celebrated for her personal courage.

Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox née Cavendish (31 March 1555 – 16 January 1582) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox. She was the mother of Arbella Stuart, a close claimant to the English and Scottish thrones.

Antonia Domínguez y Borrell (1831–1917) also known as the Duchess of La Torre (Spanish: duquesa de la Torre), was a Spanish noblewoman who played an influential role in Spanish politics and society during the Sexenio Democrático. She held the nobiliary title of .

Princess Amalia of Teck (Amalie Josephine Henriette Agnes Sussane, 12 November 1838 – 20 July 1893), known as Countess Amalie of Hohenstein until her marriage in 1863, was an Austrian noblewoman closely related to the royal houses of Württemberg and the United Kingdom.

Women of high social status in Ancient Egypt. Imperial consort Zhao Hede during the Chinese Han Dynasty. A noblewoman during the Italian Renaissance. In Ancient Egypt, the perfect woman was said to have a slender figure, with narrow shoulders, and a tall waist.

Agnes of Baden (25 March 1408 – January 1473), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Zähringen and by marriage Countess of Holstein-Rendsburg. She was a daughter of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden by his second wife Anna of Oettingen.

Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 89214 March 968), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen. Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962.

This is where Cortés would find La Malinche, noblewoman and interpreter, during the conquest. Some kingdoms remained defiant, such as the Purépecha to the west, and the neighbouring Tlaxcallans. Nevertheless, the Aztec empire was at its largest when the Spanish arrived in 1519.

Aleksandra Zajączek (1754 - 1845) Aleksandra Zajączek (1754 - 1845), was a Polish noblewoman. She was the spouse of Józef Zajączek, Viceroy of Poland in 1815-26. She was known for her beauty, and for the treatments she recommended in order to keep it.

Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (1904) by John Singer Sargent. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (née Duncombe; 6 March 18661939 England and Wales Register – 16 May 1954) was a British noblewoman, socialite and diarist.

Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (23 February 1750 - 20 December 1811), was a German noblewoman and member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Through her marriage she became Princess Baryatinskaya, being mostly known as Princess Ekaterina Petrovna Barjatinskaya.

When she refused, the king had the stableman stabbed with a kris. The noblewoman, in despair, took the kris from her husband's body and killed herself. The king, before leaving, had their child killed as well, and all were buried in the area.

Kojijū (小侍従; 1121–1202) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late Heian period. She is designated as a member of the . She left a private collection, the Kojijū-shū. In 1179, she became a Buddhist nun.

Sa Bangji had hypospadias and was reared as a girl. Sa Bangji had sexual relationships with widows and Bhikkhunis.반음양 인간 ‘사방지’의 비밀 밝혀질까 In 1462, the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty recorded that Sa Bangji, a slave, had an affair with a widowed noblewoman.

The British 1957 musical Free as Air by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade was set on the fictitious island of 'Terhou', which was based on Jethou. Mary Gentle's 2007 novel Ilario: The Stone Golem has a villainous noblewoman exiled to a convent in Jethou.

Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1305-c. 1380) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Maud Chaworth. Blanche was named after her grandmother, Blanche of Artois, who had ruled Navarre as regent.

Two of Hormizd's wives are known, one of them being an Ispahbudhan noblewoman, who was the daughter of Shapur, whilst the other one was a Christian woman. Besides Khosrow II (), Hormizd also had an unnamed daughter, who married Shahrbaraz of the House of Mihran.

Dona Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, Princess of Orléans, 11th Duchess of Cadaval, Duchess of Anjou (born 25 July 1978), more commonly known as Diana de Cadaval, is a Portuguese author and noblewoman. The duchess has authored several books on Portuguese history and Portuguese architecture.

Their brother (Vlad Dracul's third son), Radu the Fair, was born before 2 August 1439. Florescu writes that Vlad Dracul's daughter, Alexandra, married the Wallachian boyar Vintilă Florescu. Vlad Dracul also fathered illegitimate children. A Wallachian noblewoman, Călțuna, gave birth to Vlad the Monk.

11 August 2012. Web. {2012-9-20} She was a noblewoman of Normandy, the sister of Saint Vitalis. She became the abbess of the Benedictine convent Abbaye Blanche in Normandy, a religious community founded by her brother. Her feast day is celebrated on October 20.

However, Petar soon fled to Croatia. Strojimir remained in Bulgarian exile for the rest of his life. Boris married him to a Bulgarian noblewoman and they had a son, Časlav Klonimirović. Mutimir's eldest son, Pribislav, succeeded to the throne after his father's death in 891.

Justa Rodrigues, also known as Justa Rodrigues Pereira, (c. 1441–1514) was a Portuguese noblewoman and member of the royal household who became a Franciscan nun of the Order of Saint Clare later on in life and founded the Convent of Jesus in Setúbal, Portugal.

Lady Blanche Arundell (née Lady Blanche Somerset; 1583 or – 28 October 1649) was an English noblewoman, known as the defender of Wardour Castle, where she defended the castle for nearly a week with just 25 men and her maidservants against a force of 1300.

Marianna Wiśniowiecka (1600 – February 1624) - Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka), the oldest daughter of Prince Konstanty Wiśniowiecki and Anna Zahorowska of Ostoja Clan. In February 1620 she married Polish magnate Jakub Sobieski, the father of King of Poland Jan III Sobieski. She probably died in childbirth.

Elizabeth FitzHugh (1455/65 - before 10 July 1507) was an English noblewoman. She is best known for being the grandmother of Catherine Parr, sixth queen consort to Henry VIII, and her siblings Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, and William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton.

Her diary was published in four parts by Syster Heijkenskjöld between 1914 and 1917. They became a big success when they were published, and are considered a valuable historical depiction of the everyday conventional life of a Swedish noblewoman in the mid-19th century.

Filipa de Almada () was a Portuguese poet and noblewoman. Almada is known to have lived and written during the reigns of kings Alfonso V and John II of Portugal. Her poetry was included in the 1516 songbook Cancioneiro Geral anthologized by Garcia de Resende.

Princess Kateryna Ostrozka (, , ) (1560–1579) was a Ruthenian noblewoman. She was famed for the Siege of Dubna in 1577, which was sieged by nomads with the purpose of take to her prisoner. She married Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł on 22 July 1578 in Dubno.

Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Charlotte Felicity; 8 March 1671-29 September 1710) was a German noblewoman. She was born into the House of Hanover and later married into the House of Este. She was thus the Duchess of Modena by marriage. She died in childbirth.

Amy of Garmoran also known as Amie MacRuari and Euphemia was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman who was the sister of Raghnall mac Ruaidhri, Lord of Garmoran and the spouse of John of Islay.Lee (1920) p. 61"The History". clandonaldeurope.org. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

Polish lancer Antonina Tomaszewska (1814–1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and rebel. She participated in the November Uprising against the Russian Empire; her actions during the revolt led to her being cited as an example of female heroism in the Polish independence movement.

Teofila Radziwiłł (fl. 1781), was a Polish noblewoman and Freemason. She was the Grand Mistress of the Female Adoption Lodge, Masonic Lodge of Excellent Faith, from 1781. She was the daughter of Leon Michał Radziwiłł and Anna Mycielska and married and Hermann Gustaw Fersen.

The Zois family was of Lombard origin; Karl's father was Michelangelo Zois (1694–1777), a merchant who married a Carniolan noblewoman, and was nobilitated in 1739. The family was based in Ljubljana (). His brother was the natural scientist and patron of the arts Sigmund Zois.

Adalbert unsuccessfully attempted to protect a noblewoman caught in adultery. She had fled to a convent, where she was killed. In upholding the right of sanctuary, Bishop Adalbert responded by excommunicating the murderers. Butler suggests that the incident was orchestrated by enemies of his family.

Margherita Aldobrandini (29 March 1588 — 9 August 1646), was an Italian noblewoman member of the Aldobrandini family and by marriage Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza during 1600–1622. She was also Regent of both Duchies during 1626–1628 on behalf of her minor son.

Viridis Visconti (1352–1414) was an Italian noblewoman, a daughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. By her marriage to Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Viridis was Duchess consort of Austria, Styria and Carinthia, she was also Countess consort of Tyrol.

Beatrice of Bourbon (1320 – 23 December 1383) was a French noblewoman. A member of the House of Bourbon, she was by marriage Queen of Bohemia and Countess of Luxembourg. She was the youngest daughter of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, and Mary of Avesnes.

DBE insignia Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, DBE (née Ramsay; 6 November 1874 – 21 October 1960), known as the Marchioness of Tullibardine from 1899 to 1917, was a Scottish noblewoman and Scottish Unionist Party politician whose views were often unpopular in her party.

Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond (Irish: Siobhán Nic Gearailt) (ca. 1509 or ca. 1514 – 2 January 1565) was an Irish noblewoman and heiress, a member of the Norman Fitzgerald family, who were also known as the "Geraldines". She married three times.

Axuw (c. 1890 – 1992), known as Agnes Bertha Alfred following her baptism, was a Qwiqwasutinuxw storyteller and noblewoman of the Kwakwaka'wakw. Alfred was recognized by her peers as one of the last great storytellers with a long memory.Reid, Martine J., and Daisy Sewid-Smith.

As a child, Alfred attended missionary school for a short time. It was said that this portion of her life 'deprived her of her cultural and human identity.'Reid, Martine J., and Daisy Sewid-Smith. Paddling to Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewoman.

Afanasy Bagration was married to Ana Amilakhvari (Anna Vasilyevna; 10 April 1720 – 6 March 1794), also a Georgian expatriate noblewoman, a daughter of Prince Vakhtang (Vasily) Amilakhvari (died 1739) by his wife, Princess Elene Orbeliani (). Afanasy and Ana had three children—Anton, Varvara, and Ana.

Marina de la Caballería, full name Doña Marina Flores Gutierrez de la Caballería, (?-1540), was a Spanish pioneer, settler and noblewoman that colonized New Spain in the 16th century. She arrived to the New World in 1528 to reunite with her husband, Alonso de Estrada.

The daughter of the principal and grand-daughter of the founder, her family is quite rich which is reflected in her personality using formal speech as well as drinking tea like a noblewoman. Despite her attitude, she can get wrapped up in activities such as ping-pong when she defeated everyone despite stating that she viewed it as a commoner's game. She once played a RTS game for 6 days straight just to get to top 100. :As part of the noblewoman persona, she tends to try and draw attention to herself while at the same time begrudging other who seem to draw attention to themselves.

In late 1814 and early 1815, a rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone, an inner-city area of central London. Said to be the daughter of an unspecified noblewoman, she was supposedly young, wealthy and living in fashionable Manchester Square. In some reports she was described as the daughter of a noblewoman from Grosvenor Square. It was claimed that she would occasionally venture out of the house in a carriage, hidden by a heavy veil; several letters to the London newspapers reported sightings of a snout protruding from a window, or a veiled, silhouetted pig's head in a passing carriage.

Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode (28 January 1504 – 4 March 1574) was a German noblewoman who reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1516 until her death. She was elected princess-abbess under the name Anna II at the age of twelve, succeeding Magdalena of Anhalt.

They are ambushed by Highlanders, and the patrol is disarmed. Dougal, playing the fool, has led the patrol into a trap. The leader of the Highlanders is Helen, Rob's wife, a fierce, proud noblewoman, fully armed. Her band is composed mostly of old men, women and children.

Albert Pallavicini () was the fifth marquess of Bodonitsa from his father's death until his own in 1311. His father was Thomas, a great-nephew of the first marquess, Guy. Albert married Maria dalle Carceri, a Venetian noblewoman from Euboea. He even obtained a sixth of that island.

His son Artabazos II married a Greek noblewoman from Rhodes, and lived in exile with his family at the Macedonian court of Philip II for more than ten years. His grand-daughter Barsine was half Rhodian Greek, and married Alexander the Great. Family tree after Pharnabazus II.

Princess Therese Natalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (4 June 1728 in Wolfenbüttel - 26 June 1778 in Gandersheim Abbey, in Bad Gandersheim) was a German noblewoman. She was a member of the House of Welf and was princess- abbess of the Imperial Free secular Abbey in Gandersheim.

Countess Maria Aurora von Königsmarck. Maurice of Saxony. Philippe Christophe Königsmarck. Countess Maria Aurora von Königsmarck (sv: Aurora Königsmarck) (28 August 166216 February 1728) was a Swedish and German noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction and mistress of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.

With Emperor Franz Josef's permission, Maria Kalergis' grandson, Heinrich von Coudenhove, was allowed to alter his surname to Coudenhove-Calergi, as a tribute to his famous grandmother. He married a Japanese noblewoman, Mitsuko Aoyama. In 1923 their son, Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, founded the Paneuropean Union.

Teofila Zofia Sobieska, née Daniłowicz (Polish: Daniłowiczówna) (1607 – 27 November 1661) was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka), mother of Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland. Zofia Teofila was the daughter of Voivode of Ruthenia Jan Daniłowicz and Zofia Żółkiewska, the daughter of Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski h. Lubicz.

Rosalie von Rauch (Rosalie Wilhelmine Johanna; 29 August 1820 – 5 March 1879), was a German noblewoman and, since 1853, Countess of Hohenau. Born in Berlin, she was the only daughter of Prussian General and Minister of War Gustav von Rauch by his second wife, Rosalie von Holtzendorff.

Countess Konstancja Potocka (1781 – December 25, 1852) was a Polish noblewoman, translator and illustrator. She was the daughter of Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki. She married Jan Potocki in 1798, and Edward Raczyński in 1817. During her second marriage, she was a known figure in Polish literary life.

Nicaea (, Nicaea’s article at Livius.org – ) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and was a daughter of the powerful regent Antipater. Her mother's name is unknown. She was born and raised in Macedonia while her father was governor of Macedonia during the reign of Greek King Alexander the Great.

Maria de Cardona or Maria Folch de Cardona (1509, probably in Naples - 19 March 1563, Naples) was an Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts. She was from the Folch de Cardona family. de Cardona was the Countess of Avenillo and habitually lived in the Irpinia castle.

Officials'/nobles' yuanlingshan are also wedding attire for commoners. The groom wears a wusha hat (烏紗帽) and the yuanlingshan of a 9th rank official robe. The bride wears the phoenix crown (鳳冠) and a red yuanlingshan with the xiapei (霞帔) of a noblewoman.

Judit Rumy de Rum et Rábadoroszló (11 January 1606 – 1663) was a Hungarian noblewoman, wife of Dániel Esterházy, the founder of the Csesznek branch of the House of Esterházy. She was the lady of Gáta (today: Gattendorf, Austria, ). Later, her property belonged to the Esterházy family.

Wa Shi (1498–1560), was a Zhuang noblewoman, who was a warrior, general, and political figure in southern China in the latter years of the Ming Dynasty, who is best known for countering the wokou pirates along China's southeastern coast during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor.

Although Agathocles was a Ptolemaic noble, little is known on his life. He married an Egyptian Greek noblewoman of obscure origins called Oenanthe; this was her first marriage. Oenanthe bore Agathocles four children: one son (Agathocles) and three daughters (Agathoclea and two others whose names are unknown).

Detail of the painting Madonna del Rosario by Lorenzo Lotto. The lady in the painting is according to local tradition Sperandia Simonetti, a noblewoman from Cingoli.Government of the Marche, website accessed on June 04, 2010. Regione Marche The Simonetti first arrived in Jesi in the 12th century.

He appears to have been born in 1867. In the books, it is established that c. 1892, the man who later became Fantômas called himself Archduke Juan North and operated in the German principality of Hesse-Weimar. There he fathered a child, Vladimir, with an unidentified noblewoman.

Urszula Zamoyska by Dmitri Levitsky. Urszula Zamoyska (1750-1808), was a Polish noblewoman and socialite, niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. She is known for her public role during the reign of her uncle, when she played the ceremonial role of the hostess of his court.

Marchesa Florenzi in a painting from Ludwig's Gallery of Beauties Marchioness (in Italian marchesa) Marianna Florenzi (1802 – 15 April 1870, in Florence), née Marianna Bacinetti, was an Italian noblewoman and translator of philosophical works. She was also known by her married name of Marianna Florenzi Waddington.

Keleanohoanaapiapi, short name Kelea, was an ancient Hawaiian noblewoman who is mentioned in ancient legends,Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. and her genealogy is given in chants. She was a Princess (Hawaiian language: Aliʻi) of Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands.

Teofila Działyńska - Biała Dama Teofila Działyńska (Szołdrska-Potulicka) (1714-1790), was a Polish noblewoman. She was a powerful local landowner and magnate. In history, she has become famous in literature as for the many ghost legends and myths in folklore, that surrounded her after her death.

Camillo Borghese was born in Rome on 17 September 1550 into the Borghese family of Siena which had recently established itself in Rome. He was the eldest son of seven sons of the lawyer and Sienese patrician Marcantonio Borghese and his wife Flaminia Astalli, a Roman noblewoman.

Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends up in a state of madness that ultimately leads to her drowning.

Besides her place of birth, not much else is known about de Romieu; her occupation, education and background vary according to the source. Some sources place her as a noblewoman who frequented the French court, even naming her as a favorite lover of King Henry III.

Officials'/nobles' yuanlingshan were also wedding attire for commoners. The groom wears a wusha hat (烏紗帽) and the yuanlingshan of a 9th rank official robe. The bride wears a phoenix crown (鳳冠) and a red yuanlingshan with the xiapei (霞帔) of a noblewoman.

Cristiana Agnelli was born on 16 February 1927 in Turin. Her father was Edoardo Agnelli, an industrialist, and her mother was Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte, a noblewoman. Her paternal grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, founded Fiat Automobiles. Her maternal grandfather was Carlo del Monte, Prince di San Faustino.

Palestyna w epoce rzymsko-herodiańskiej, p.p.116-118 Alexander married an unnamed noblewoman who bore him a son called Tigranes.Temporini, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im spiegel der neueren Forschung, p.794 Alexander named his son in honour of his brother.

A nunnery was founded at Bruyères-le-Châtel by a noblewoman named Clotilde. The charter endowing the monastery is dated to 10 March 673 and is among the oldest original private charters which survive from Merovingian Francia. Inhabitants of Bruyères-le-Châtel are known as Bruyérois.

She was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman, Alexandra and the wealthy Greek Rhetor, Seleucus.Jones, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395, Parts 260-395, p.p.175&818 Olympias had a sibling, who was a parent of Olympias and Seleucus.

Anna Kostka (1575–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman. Anna was the daughter of Jan Kostka and Zofia Odrowąż, and related to Saint Stanislas Kostka. She married Aleksander Ostrogski in 1592. She inherited the city of Jarosław as well as several other areas after her mother.

Zulema L'Astròloga (1190-after 1229), was a Moorish astronomer. She was a Moorish noblewoman living in Madina Mayurqa in 1229. She was the mother of Alí de la Palomera, who assisted James I of Aragon in the conquest of Mallorca. She was described as a renowned astronomer.

The phony noblewoman opens a dog salon in the hopes of attracting her true love's attention, but the dogs escape and cause a disturbance in the town. The finale has a number of the characters all meeting up again at the local police station for various reasons.

Anne Neville (1414-1480) was a daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and his second wife Lady Joan Beaufort. Her first husband was Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and she was an important English noblewoman, landholder and book owner during the fifteenth century.

Taddea Visconti, Duchess of Bavaria (1351 – 28 September 1381) was an Italian noblewoman of the Visconti family, the ruling house in Milan from 1277 to 1447. She was the first wife of Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria, and the mother of the French queen Isabeau of Bavaria.

Coat of arms of the House of Mendoza. María Francisca de Silva-Mendoza- Sandoval y Gutiérrez de los Ríos (b. 1707 Granada - d. 1770) was a Spanish noblewoman of the House of Mendoza and the last Mendoza to hold title over the Dukedom of the Infantado.

Biographischer Index der Antike, p. 864 Lateranus was a member of the Roman Republican gens Sextia. He was the son of Titus Sextius Cornelius Africanus, consul in 112,Bennett, Trajan: Optimus Princeps: a Life and Times, p. 183 by his wife, a noblewoman from the gens Vibia.

Engraving of Frances, countess of Exeter, after Anthony van Dyck. Frances Cecil, Countess of Exeter (, other married name was Smith; 1580–1663) was an English noblewoman. Cecil was born in 1580, daughter of William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos (d. 1602), and his wife, Mary (d. 1624).

Albine de Montholon Albine de Montholon (December 19, 1779 - March 25, 1848) "Albine Hélène de Vassal" geni.com Accessed August 17, 2014 was a French noblewoman, and the wife of Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon. She was reputed to be the mistress of Napoleon during his exile on Saint Helena.

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (23 February 1567 at Hessen Castle in Hessen - 24 October 1618 in Otterndorf) was a German noblewoman. She was princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by her first marriage Countess of Holstein-Schauenburg and then by her second marriage Duchess of Brunswick- Harburg.

Jan and Zofia Opaliński monument, church of Sieraków Sofia Anna Czarnkowska (also called Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska or Catherine-Sophie-Anne Czarnkowska) (12 March 1660 – 2 December 1701Mercure historique et politique, mois de janvier 1747) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the maternal grandmother of the queen of France.

Garter-encircled arms (Norfolk impaling Strutt) of Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, LG, as displayed on her Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (née Strutt; 22 March 1916 – 10 December 1995) was a British noblewoman.

Géczy Julianna-001 Julianna Géczy (1680-1714) was a Hungarian noblewoman. She became famous for her defense of Lőcse (today Levoča, Slovakia) against the Habsburg forces in 1709-10, during the rebellion of Francis II Rákóczi, and known as the "White lady of Lőcse". She was executed in 1714.

Anna Diogenissa (Greek: Άννα Διογενήσσα; ca. 1074–1145) was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Diogenes house who became the Grand Princess consort of Serbia as wife of Uroš I Vukanović (r. 1112–1145). She had five children with Uroš I, including the successor, Uroš II (r. 1145-1162).

La Malinche knew to speak in different registers and tones between certain Indigenous tribes and people. For the Nahua audiences, she spoke rhetorically, formally, and high-handedly. This shift into formality gave the Nahua the impression that she was a noblewoman who knew what she was talking about.

In discussing the classical scholar Isotta Nogarola, however, Lisa JardineWomen Humanists: Education for What?, pp. 48-81 in Feminism and Renaissance Studies (1999), edited by Lorna Hudson. notes that (in the middle of the 15th century), ‘Cultivation’ is in order for a noblewoman; formal competence is positively unbecoming.

Astrid Njalsdotter (or Ástríðr Njálsdóttir) of Skjalgaätten (also Aestrith) (11th century), was a Norwegian noblewoman who married Ragnvald the Old and became the ancestress of the Swedish Stenkil dynasty (c. 1060-c. 1125). She is sometimes assumed to have been a Swedish queen, though the evidence is inconclusive.

Rachou Paule de Viguier (1518 in Toulouse - 12 March 1610 in Toulouse) was a French noblewoman and Baroness of Fonterville by 1533. She was made famous as the subject of the painting La Belle Paule by painter Henri Rachou, which is housed today in the Capitole de Toulouse.

Another family member, Domenico Sceriman, became a bishop after being elected. Around that time, family member David Sceriman was likely the richest Armenian in Livorno. In the 1760s, another Sceriman in Venice, Zaccaria di Sceriman (whose mother was a Venetian noblewoman), would become a renowned writer and satirist.

She was the daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem and the Armenian noblewoman Morphia. Hodierna was the third of four daughters; her older sisters were Melisende (wife of Fulk of Jerusalem) and Alice (wife of Bohemund II of Antioch), and her younger sister was Ioveta (abbess of Bethany).

Although most NPCs become offended if a black rose is given to them, they are needed to marry Lady Grey, a seductive villainous noblewoman. The Black Rose is a secret organization that has existed in the world of League of Legends (known as Runeterra) for thousands of years.

Charitina of Lithuania (died 1281) is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast is on 5 October. Because her hagiography did not survive, very little is known about her life. Charitina was a noblewoman from the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania who became a nun in Novgorod.

Young sculptor Gorda carves into the rock image of the secretly beloved princess. Girls are running in, noblewoman Javara among them, insanely in love with Gorda. She is certain that sculptor creates a portrait of her. Sound of the horn: the king and his daughter Irema are hunting.

There are indications that he had no children, as the rights to the church were inherited by his niece Maria Asanina Palaiologina (), daughter of his brother George Asen (), wife of Rali (Raul), mother of Pietro Rali (?-1558, Napoli) and grandmother of neapolitan noblewoman Victoria Rali Asen ().Божилов, p. 424.

Pauline de Tourzel, later Comtesse de Bearn (1771-1839), was a French noblewoman, courtier and memoir writer. She was present during the final traumatic months of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, observer to the French Revolution and survived to see their daughter return twice during the Bourbon Restorations.

Helena Doukaina Angelina (, Helene Doukaina Angelina; ) was a Greek noblewoman of Thessaly and Queen-consort of medieval Serbia. Her parents were John I Doukas of Thessaly and his wife Hypomone (a daughter of the Thessalian Vlach chieftain Taronas). In ca. 1273/76, Helena married Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r.

He quickly earned the nickname "Holy Fire of Küstrin". In 1905, Bock married Mally von Reichenbach (1887–1910), a young Prussian noblewoman. They had a daughter. In 1908, Bock entered the War Academy in Berlin, and after a year's study he joined the ranks of the General Staff.

Kunigunde, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde (1303 – 29 April 1382) was a German noblewoman and nun. After the death of her husband, she served as the Abbess of the Convent of the Celestial Throne in Nuremberg. In German folklore she has been associated with the Weiße Frauen of Hohenzollern.

The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics by Jongsoo Lee. Page 81. The father of Quinatzin was Tlotzin Pochotl, and a noblewoman called Icpacxochitl.In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic past in early colonial period by Eduardo de J. Douglas. 2010.

The Abbey of Frassinoro was one of the many Benedictine monasteries throughout Europe associated with the noblewoman Matilda of Tuscany, who reigned over the Badia lands near Frassinoro. This abbey was located in Frassinoro, in the Apennines in the province of Modena, on the border with Reggio Emilia.

Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa. Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa (1497 – 31 December 1536), also called Margareta Vasa and Margareta of Hoya, was a Swedish noblewoman, sister of king Gustav I of Sweden. Between 1525 and 1534, she commanded Vyborg Castle on several occasions during the absence of her spouse.

Ledger stone of Anne Meinstrup in Hornslet church Anne Meinstrup (1475–1535) was a politically active Danish noblewoman, lady-in-waiting and county administrator. Daughter of noble riksråd Henrik Meinstrup (d.1496) and Margrethe Christiansdatter Daa (d. 1497), she was married to nobleriksråd Holger Eriksen Rosenkrantz til Boller (d.

Frederick's sarcophagus in the Cathedral of Palermo. Frederick of Antioch (c. 1223 – 1255/6) was an Italian nobleman who served as the imperial vicar of Tuscany from 1246 to 1250. He was an illegitimate son of the Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and an unidentified southern Italian noblewoman.

Marguerite de Rohan (1617 – 9 April 1684) was a French noblewoman and suo jure Duchess of Rohan. She married Henri de Chabot for love and the couple produced four children. A great heiress, she inherited the Duchy (later principality) of Soubise which was given to her daughter Anne.

Sempronia (170 BC - after 101 BC), was a Roman noblewoman living in the Middle and Late Roman Republic, who was most famous as the sister of the ill-fated Tiberius Gracchus (died 133 BC) and Gaius Gracchus (died 121 BC), and the wife of a Roman general Scipio Aemilianus.

Mildred Cooke, Lady Burghley (1526 – 4 April 1589) was an English noblewoman and translator in the sixteenth century. She was the wife of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I, and the mother of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, adviser to James I.

Pepin, or Pippin the Hunchback (French: Pépin le Bossu, German: Pippin der Buckelige; c. 768 / 769 – 811) was a Frankish prince. He was the eldest son of Charlemagne and noblewoman Himiltrude. He developed a humped back after birth, leading early medieval historians to give him the epithet "hunchback".

Egmond coat of arms Margaret of Guelders (11 August 1436, Grave, North Brabant – 2 November 1486, Simmern) was a noblewoman from what is now the Netherlands. She was part of the Egmond Family. She was married to the Count Palatine of Simmern and was the Countess of Palatinate-Simmern.

Gaudentius (c. 440 in Rome - after 455) was the son of Flavius Aetius. F. M. Clover has argued that his mother was Pelagia, a Gothic noblewoman and the widow of Bonifacius.F. M. Clover, "Flavius Merobaudes: a Translation and Historical Commentary", Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol.

Ippolita Maria Sforza (18 April 1445 – 20 August 1488) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples.

Canella was probably born in Genoa around 1110, son of Genoese patrician Otto Canella, then Consul of Genoa, who would originate from the Lords of Vezzano Ligure, and his wife, Adelasia, probably a local noblewoman. Grimaldo was the youngest of the brothers: Rubaldo, Bellamunto, Otto, Bulzaneto and Anna Canella.

Joan of Armagnac (French: Jeanne d'Armagnac; 24 June 1346 - 1387) was a French noblewoman of the Armagnac family, being the eldest daughter of Count John I of Armagnac and his wife Beatrice of Clermont. She became Duchess of Berry by her marriage to John, Duke of Berry in 1360.

Elise von Ahlefeldt Elisa Davidia Margarethe Countess of Ahlefeldt (born 17 November 1788 at Trankjör Castle on the Danish island of Langeland, died 20 March 1855 in Berlin) was a German-Danish noblewoman and wife of the Prussian General-major and war hero Adolf von Lützow (1782- 1834).

The Põlula witch trials took place in the manor Põlula in Estonia in 1542. It centered around the noblewoman Anna Zoyge, who was accused by her husband Johann Meckes of having murdered her father-in-law with the assistance of five accomplices, who were all executed for witchcraft.

Françoise de Brezé Françoise de Brézé (1515 – 14 October 1577), Suo jure Countess of Maulévrier, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She served as Première dame d'honneur to Queen Catherine de' Medici from 1547 until 1560 and was the regent of the Principality of Sedan from 1553 to 1559.

Maria Letizia Buonaparte, née RamolinoBourrienne's biography of Napoleon misspells the surname as Ramolini or Marie-Lætitia Bonaparte (24 August 1750 – 2 February 1836), and referred to as "Madame Mère de L'Empereur" ("Madam Mother of the Emperor"), was a Corsican noblewoman. She was the mother of Napoleon I of France.

Baroness Sylvie von Ziegesar (21 June 1785 - 13 February 1858) was a German noblewoman active in the intellectual circles of Weimar Classicism. She was a friend of the painter Louise Seidler and the intellectual Pauline Gotter, and was also the subject of Goethe's poem "To Sylvie von Ziegesar".

Born on , Roediger was born into a German family of Philipp Friedrich Roediger and a Finland-Swedish noblewoman Elisabeth Charlotta von Schulmann, his father was a German who was working as a cadet school principal in Novgorod at the time of Alexander’s birth. His family was of Hessian origin.

Friderada was a ninth-century noblewoman about whom very little is known. She was probably related to Liudolf, Duke of Saxony. Friderada married at least three times and was the grandmother of Otto, Duke of Lorraine. Her first husband was Engelram, Chamberlain to Charles the Bald (d. 877).

Oude Kerk in Delft, by Willem van der Lelij, 1735. Coll. Stadsarchief Delft, inv.nr. 68862. Clara Jansdochter van Sparwoude (sometimes written Spaerwoude) (ca. 1530 – 4 August 1615) was a Dutch noblewoman of Delft who is chiefly remembered for her great wealth and various charitable funds from her estate.

Antoinette de Bourbon Duchess of Guise (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583) was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise. Through her eldest daughter, Mary of Guise, she was the maternal grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Stephen Boardman, The Campbells, 1250-1513, (Edinburgh, 2006), pp. 13, 29, n. 24 The genealogies, and indeed later 13th century patronymic appellations, tell us that Gilleasbaig was the father of Cailean Mór, probably by marriage to the Carrick noblewoman, Afraig, a daughter of Cailean of Carrick.see Sellar, loc. cit.

Marella Agnelli (; born Donna Marella Caracciolo dei Principi di Castagneto ; 4 May 1927 – 23 February 2019)Almanach de Gotha. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1942. pp. 398–399. was an Italian noblewoman, art collector, socialite, style icon and wife of Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli. She often appeared in the fashion magazine Vogue.

Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1 August 1722 - 19 September 1739) was a French noblewoman and the wife of Charles de Rohan. She was Marchioness of Gordes and Countess of Moncha in her own right as well as Princess of Soubise by marriage. She died aged seventeen in childbirth.

Princess Anna Zofia Sapieha (October 17, 1799 – November 24, 1864) was a Polish noblewoman, notable as a philanthropist. In France she was active in the Polish emigree community (Hôtel Lambert). She was particularly known for her charity activities. She married Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski on September 25, 1817, in Radzyń.

Inger Johansdatter Oxe (c. 1526 - 1591) was a Danish noblewoman and court official. She was Hofmesterinde to the Danish Queen Sophie of Mecklenburg- Güstrow. She was the sister to Peder Oxe Steward of the Realm, daughter of Johan Johansen Oxe and Mette Mogensdatter Gøye, and wife of Jørgen Tygesen Brahe.

Portrait of Arcadie Claret, King Leopold of Belgium's lover. Arcadie Claret (1826–1897) was a Belgian noblewoman. She was the mistress of Leopold I of Belgium for twenty years, from 1844 until the king's death in 1865. The public affair caused a scandal and attracted great attention in contemporary Belgium.

A beautiful but cynical and manipulative noblewoman makes a bet with her free-spirited womanizing cousin that he can have sex with her if he is able to seduce a young woman of great virtue. He accepts the challenge with enthusiasm though not suspecting the nasty trap he is walking into.

Coat of Arms of the House of Laval Anne de Laval (1385 – 25 January 1466) was a medieval French noblewoman. She was the daughter of Jeanne de Laval- Tinténiac and her second husband (died 1412), governor of Brittany and baron of Laval (Jeanne's first husband had been Bertrand du Guesclin).

Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan, Princess of Guéménésometimes Guéménée (28 December 1743 – 20 September 1807) was a French noblewoman and court official. She was the governess of the children of Louis XVI of France. She is known better as Madame de Guéméné, and was Lady of Clisson in her own right.

Catherine de Parthenay (22 March 1554 - 26 October 1631) was a French noblewoman and mathematician. She studied with mathematician François Viète and was considered one of the most brilliant women of the era. She married Charles de Quelennec, and after his death married René II, Viscount of Rohan, a Huguenot.

Tatiana Grigorievna Kharlova (1756-1773), was a Russian noblewoman killed during the Pugachev's Rebellion. Her death attracted much attention. She was the daughter of colonel Grigory Mironovich Elagin, commandant of the Tatishchevo Fortress, and Anisya Semyonovna. In 1773, she married Zakhar Ivanovich Kharlov (1734-1773), commandant of the Nizhneozernoye Fortress.

Stockholm: Bonnier. Libris 7144053. (Swedish) King Frederick had mistresses, and his extramarital affairs increased after he lost much of his royal authority in 1723. In 1734, Frederick became the first king in Swedish history to have an official mistress, the noblewoman Hedvig Taube, who was given the title Countess of Hessenstein.

Anne Julie de Melun (Anne Julie Adélaïde; 1698 - 18 May 1724) was a French noblewoman, by birth member of House of Melun and mother of Charles de Rohan, Duke of Rohan-Rohan the famous general of Louis XV as well as Madame de Marsan. She died of smallpox in her twenties.

Clémence de Bourges (c.1530 - c.1563) was a French poet and noblewoman, and a literary figure of the Renaissance. Clémence was the daughter of Claude de Bourges, seigneur of Mions in the Dauphiné; Claude was the lieutenant-general of finance for Piedmont and an official of the city of Lyon.

Margherita Maria Farnese (24 November 1664 - 17 June 1718) was an Italian noblewoman born into the House of Farnese. She was the Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to her first cousin Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. Her niece was Elisabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain.

Willa, known as Willa of Tuscany (911/912-970), was a medieval Italian noblewoman. By birth, she was a member of the Bosonid noble dynasty. By marriage to Berengar II of Italy she was Countess of Ivrea from 930 to 963, and queen consort of Italy from 950 to 963.

Affreca de Courcy or Affrica Guðrøðardóttir was a late 12th-/early 13th century noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godred Olafsson, King of the Isles, a member of the Crovan dynasty. In the late 12th century she married John de Courcy. Affrica is noted for religious patronage in northern Ireland.

Aleksandra Billewicz (Oleńka, Aleksandra Billewiczówna, later Kmicicowa) is a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz, appearing in the novel The Deluge as the main female protagonist. She is a wise Lithuanian noblewoman, by the will of her grandfather engaged to Andrzej Kmicic. In 1974 film she is portrayed by Małgorzata Braunek.

Anne FitzPatrick, Countess of Upper Ossory (née Liddell, also known as Anne FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton; c. 1737 – 1804) was an English noblewoman and the first wife of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. Grafton divorced her while serving as Prime Minister. She was a noted correspondent of Horace Walpole.

Alice Montagu (1407before 9 December 1462) was an English noblewoman and the suo jure 5th Countess of Salisbury, 6th Baroness Monthermer, and 7th and 4th Baroness Montagu, having succeeded to the titles in 1428. Her husband, Richard Neville became 5th Earl of Salisbury by right of his marriage to Alice.

Juan Ramírez de Velasco was born in the village of Estollo, son of a noble family of Castile, and descendant of the King of Navarre Ramiro Sánchez. In 1570 Ramirez was married in Seville with Catherine de Ugarte, a Spanish noblewoman, daughter of Pedro Santiago de Ugarte and Ana de Velasco.

Agnese del Maino (c. 1411 – 13 December 1465) was a Milanese noblewoman and the mistress of Filippo Maria Visconti, the last legitimate Duke of Milan of the Visconti dynasty. Agnese was the mother of Bianca Maria Visconti, who succeeded to the title of Duchess of Milan in 1450, despite her illegitimacy.

Countess Róża Maria Potocka (1878–1931) was a Polish noblewoman. She married Prince Maciej Mikołaj Radziwiłł on August 8, 1897 in Kraków. They had four children together: Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Artur Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Konstanty Mikołaj Radziwiłł, and Maciej Mikołaj Radziwiłł. She is buried in Paris, France, at the Montmartre Cemetery.

Portrait of Marfisa d'Este Marfisa d'Este (c.1554 in Ferrara - 16 October 1608 in Ferrara) was a Ferrarese noblewoman. She was the illegitimate daughter of Francesco d'Este and [Maria Folch de Cardona].She and her sister Bradamante (born 1559) were legitimised by both pope Gregory XIII and Alfonso II d'Este.

St. Lazare Prison Chénier awaits his execution with Roucher, writing verses of his faith in truth and beauty. Roucher leaves, as Mathieu sings the Marseillaise outside. Maddalena enters with Gérard for a last meeting with Chénier. Maddalena bribes the jailer Schmidt to let her change places with a condemned noblewoman.

Angela Paola de' Rossi (1506 - 11 November 1573) was an Italian noblewoman. She was born to Troilo I de' Rossi and Bianca Riario in San Secondo Parmense. Her first husband was Vitello Vitelli and her second was Alessandro Vitelli, both from the Vitelli family. She died in Città di Castello.

Sverker was a son of King Karl Sverkersson of Sweden and Queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide, a Danish noblewoman. Through his mother, he was a cousin's son of the Danish kings Canute VI and Valdemar Sejr. His parents' marriage has been dated to 1162 or more probably 1163.Gillingstam, "Karl Sverkersson".

At least one, Stow Minster in Lincolnshire, benefited greatly from the generosity of another Mercian noblewoman, Godgifu or Lady Godiva.Fletcher, p. 395. Wulfrun's foundation belonged firmly in this wave of lay foundations. By Domesday Wolverhampton and Penkridge had been joined by St Mary's Church, Stafford and St Michael's at Tettenhall.

Christine Wilhelmine Friederike von Grävenitz (b. 4 February 1684, Schwerin – d. 21 October 1744, Berlin) was a German noblewoman who was the royal mistress to Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, between 1706 and 1731. The couple married in 1707, despite the fact that Eberhard thereby committed bigamy, being already married.

Appia Annia Claudia Atilia Regilla Elpinice Agrippina Atria PollaPomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity () otherwise most commonly known as Elpinice () Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29 (142-165) was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent who lived in the Roman Empire.

Sophia Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (1 February 1809 - 28 December 1859), formerly Lady Sophia Frederica Christina Rawdon-Hastings, was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the second wife of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, and the mother of the 3rd Marquess. Cardiff's Sophia Gardens are named after her.

When the mob becomes outraged, Louis offers to spare Villon if someone will take his place. At the last moment, Catherine offers herself. Then Louis cites a law that spares any man who weds a noblewoman and sets Villon free, confiscating Catherine's wealth to pay for the costs of the war.

Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex (1 December 1636 – 5 February 1718; née Percy) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland. She was the wife of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex. Elizabeth was the subject of a portrait by court painter Sir Peter Lely.

260 His second marriage with the noblewoman Catherine of Heunburg would enable their son to claim the Heunburg inheritance in Carinthia and in the Savinja Valley, including the strategically important Celje Castle. This union of the Sanneck (Žovnek) and Heunburg (Vovbre) noble houses would give birth to the House of Celje.

Amelia, the heroine of Mikhail Lermontov's play "The Spaniards". Painting by Lermontov. Understood to be a portrait of Varvara Lopukhina. Varvara Aleksandrovna Bakhmeteva (Варва́ра Алекса́ндровна Бахме́тева; 1815–1851), birth name Varvara Alexandrovna Lopukhina, was a Russian noblewoman who was the beloved and tragic muse of the great Romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov.

Konstantyn Franciszek Korniakt was born in Sośnica in 1582, the son of the noble Polish merchant Konstanty Korniakt (the elder, b. 1520, h. Krucina) and Ruthenian noblewoman Anna Dzieduszycki h. Sas. Konstanty Korniakt (the elder) had moved to Lviv in 1554, inheriting the property of his elder brother Michael Kornakt.

Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 – 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Gotha-Altenburg. Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Glücksburg.

Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (4 August 1660 - 2 August 1686), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Saalfeld. Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe- Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Grace Mildmay (née Sharington or Sherrington; ca. 1552–1620) was an English noblewoman, diarist and medical practitioner. Her autobiography is one of the earliest existing autobiographies of an English woman. Originally from Wiltshire, she married Sir Anthony Mildmay in 1567 and moved to Apethorpe Palace, his father's home in Northamptonshire.

Finding the island uninhabited, Cook claimed it for Britain and named it after English noblewoman Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk. The Norfolk Island Act of 1913 established Norfolk Island as a territory under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia, transferring the territory from the British crown in July 1914.

Maud of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster (c. 1310 – 5 May 1377) was an English noblewoman and the wife of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster. She was the mother of Elizabeth de Burgh, suo jure Countess of Ulster. Her second husband was Sir Ralph de Ufford, Justiciar of Ireland.

Bertha frequently issued charters alongside her husband.Jasperse, 'To Have and to Hold'. She used at least two different types of seal to authenticate her documents, on which she was riding astride on horseback, which was a highly unusual image for a medieval noblewoman to use.Jasperse, ‘Manly minds,’ pp. 311-5.

Ogura Hyakunin isshu. , also known as , was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the Heian period. She is traditionally enumerated as one of the . Her works were featured in several imperial poetry anthologies, including Shingoshūi Wakashū, Senzai Wakashū, Shokugosen Wakashū, Gyokuyō Wakashū, Shinsenzai Wakashū, Shinchokusen Wakashū, and others.

He appeared as arbitrator, witnesses and countersigning noble in several legal documents, contracts and lawsuits, of which the Wallsee family were involved in the upcoming decades. Iban had at least five children. Heinrich (Henry) was born from his first marriage with an unidentified noblewoman. He was still alive in 1377.

Mary Paulet, Lady Cromwell ( – 10 October 1592) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester of Basing, Hampshire and his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke by his second wife, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset.

Kristina Bengtsdotter Königsmarck (died 1485) was a Swedish noblewoman and landowner. She was born to Bengt Königsmark (died circa 1431), governor of Kalmar Castle (c. 1415-1423), and his second spouse Ingrid Karlsdotter Gädda; she was thus the niece of Ida Königsmarck. She was an heiress and the last of her family line.

Marguerite Briet was a noblewoman from Abbeville, but wrote in Paris in the 1530s and 1540s. She was well educated, learning enough Latin to be able to translate Virgil. She married Philippe Fournel, Sieur de Crenne, but they separated financially. Her identity was established in 1917 by the French literary scholar L. Loviot.

The copper statuette of Sobeknakht shows great skills in design and manufacturing of metal statuary. It represents a woman suckling a male child. This type of scene may reflect Isis-Horus and later Mary-Jesus, thus showing roots back to the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The inscription refers to "hereditary noblewoman", Sobeknakht.

Alice of Courtenay (; 1160 – 12 February 1218) was a French noblewoman. Her father was Peter I of Courtenay and her brother was Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. Alice married twice; by her second husband, Count Aymer of Angoulême, she was the mother of the English queen Isabella of Angoulême.

Elizabeth le Despenser (c. 1327 - 13 July 1389) was an English noblewoman. She was the youngest daughter of Hugh le Despenser the younger and his wife Eleanor de Clare. Her father is famous for being the favourite of Edward II of England, and being executed as a result of his position and actions.

Her portrait by Reynolds. Elizabeth Fortescue (3 April 1745 - 30 September 1780) was a noblewoman in the peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. She was a daughter of Chichester Fortescue (1718–1757), High Sheriff of County Down in what is now Northern Ireland. In around 1769 she was painted by Joshua Reynolds.

Lady Anne Wellesley in 1933, before her wedding Lady Anne Maud Rhys (née Wellesley; 2 February 1910 – 1998), styled as Lady Anne Wellesley from 1910 to 1933 and titled as the 7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo from 1943 to 1949, was a British aristocrat, a noblewoman in the Spanish nobility, and a socialite.

Sigismund was married twice, first to noblewoman Barbara Zápolya from Hungary and then to Bona Sforza, the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan. Their only son and the last Jagiellon king, Sigismund Augustus, was co-crowned vivente rege in 1529 and formally assumed throne when Sigismund the Old died in 1548.

Edith Forne (d. after 1129), was an English noblewoman who was the concubine of King Henry I of England and the foundress of Osney Abbey near Oxford. She was the daughter of Forn Sigulfson, Lord of Greystoke, Cumberland. Edith had two children by King Henry: # Robert FitzEdith, (1093-1172) who married Maud d'Avranches.

Saint Zoe of Rome (died ) was a noblewoman, married to Nicostratus, a high Roman court official. For six years she had been unable to speak. Saint Sebastian made the sign of the cross over the woman, and she immediately began to speak and she glorified Jesus. Nicostratus and his wife asked for baptism.

Countess Ewelina Hańska (Rzewuska) a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) was born January 6, 1805 in Pohrebyshche. Ewelina was the sister of Henryk Rzewuski. She was married to Wacław Hański, a landowning noble, who was about twenty years older than she was. After his death she married the French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1850.

Mary Percy, Countess of Northumberland (née Talbot; died 16 April 1572) was a courtier and noblewoman during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury. Her husband, Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland, had wished to marry Anne Boleyn instead of her.

He also had an unidentified sister, who married Ladislaus Bánfi de Alsólendva. Emeric had at least five children from his marriage to an unidentified noblewoman. Stephen was mentioned only once in 1397; Andrew functioned as Master of the horse in 1415; Dominic died in 1404; Ursula married Mikcs Mikcsfi, then Juga Racsai.

Jossande de Flotte, also known as Josserande de Fleet or Josserane was a noblewoman born to Pierre Arnaud de la Flotte and Adelaide de Comps. She was born in La Flotte, which is a commune on the Île de Ré, an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the midwestern coast of France.

Princess Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600-1654) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and heiress, known for her great fortune, and famously pious and ascetic lifestyle. Anna was daughter of voivode of Wołyń Price Oleksander Ostrogski h. Ostrogski, the son of voivode of Kijów Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski h. Ostrogski and Countess Zofia Tarnowska h.

Demaratus had settled at Tarquinii during the seventh century BC, and married an Etruscan noblewoman. They had two sons, Lucius and Arruns. Arruns died shortly before his father, leaving his wife pregnant. Not knowing of his grandson, Demaratus left him no inheritance, and so Arruns was born into poverty despite his grandfather's wealth.

Princess Teresa Czartoryska (July 13, 1785 - December 31, 1868) was a Polish noblewoman. She was a daughter of Józef Klemens Czartoryski and Dorota Barbara Jabłonowska. She married Prince Henryk Ludwik Lubomirski (1777–1850) on May 24, 1807. Her daughter Jadwiga Lubomirska married Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne in Vienna on October 28, 1836.

Elizabeth le Veel, also known as Elizabeth Calf (d. after 1374), was an Anglo- Irish noblewoman, and wife of Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh, King of Leinster. Her marriage to Art violated the Statutes of Kilkenny, and resulted in her property being forfeited to the English crown.Thomas B. Costain, The Last Plantagenets, p.

There, Pinto was employed in the household service of a noblewoman. After eighteen months or so, Pinto fled. At the docks, he was hired as a ship's boy on a cargo vessel bound for Setúbal. On the way, French pirates captured the ship and the passengers were set upon the shore at Alentejo.

Beatrice Cenci is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Carola Höhn, Giulio Donadio and Tina Lattanzi. It is one of several films portraying the story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.Waters p.40 The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.

AthenaisGraindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29 was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent. Athenais lived between the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century in the Roman Empire. Athenais was the daughter of the Athenian Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus and his unnamed wife.

Hardy makes reference to this apparition in his book Tess of the D'urbervilles.Hilliam (p.161) The ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh, it is said, wanders the woods near his seat, the old Sherborne Castle, at midnight on Michaelmas Eve. St Juthwara, a Celtic noblewoman, lived in Halstock in or around the 7th century.

He decides to treat Christine from now on as his own daughter and make her a noblewoman. Even the poor poet Knipp gets a knighthood because his poetry has brought so many couples together. Now there are no more barriers to the marriage of Christine and Walter, nor to the "little court concert".

Theoxena was the second daughter and third child of the noblewoman Berenice and her first husband Philip.Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I She had two older siblings: a brother called Magas and a sister called Antigone.Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I Her father, Philip, was the son of Amyntas by an unnamed mother.Ancient Library article: Philippus no.

Sigrid "Siri" Sofia Matilda Elisabet von Essen (17 August 1850 – 22 April 1912) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish noblewoman and actress.Meyer (1985), 55, 565. Her acting career spanned about 15 years, during which time she appeared in a number of plays that the Swedish dramatist and writer August Strindberg wrote specifically for her.

Andresen was born in 1961 in Oslo, as the son of industrialist Johan Henrik Andresen (1930–2011), and Swedish noblewoman Marianne Ebba Therese Bielke. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Policy Studies from Dartmouth College in 1988, and an MBA in 1993 from the Rotterdam School of Management.

It is the end of the Tang dynasty and China is divided. The Crown Prince, Wu Luan, is deeply in love with the noblewoman Little Wan. However, his father, the Emperor, decides to marry Little Wan. Wu Luan, deeply hurt, flees to a remote theatre to study the arts of music and dance.

Alice of Saluzzo, Countess of Arundel (died 25 September 1292), also known as Alesia di Saluzzo, was an Savoyard noblewoman and an English countess. She was daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo, and the wife of Richard Fitzalan, 8th Earl of Arundel. She assumed the title of Countess of Arundel in 1289.

Carlo Ilarione Petitti di Roreto was born in Turin on 21 October 1790, son of the count Giuseppe Antonio Petitti di Roreto (1729–1795) and of the noblewoman Innocenza Gabriella Ferrero di Ponziglione e Borgo d'Ales (1767–1797). In 1813 at Alessandria he married the noblewoman Maria Teresa Gabriella Genna of the counts of Cocconato (1791–1826); the marriage produced four children: Alessandro (1813–1841), Agostino (1814–1890), Maurizio (1816–1852), and Giuseppe (1824–1886). After graduating in law from the University of Genoa in 1816, he entered the administration of the Kingdom of Sardinia, for which he had already worked on an unpaid basis, becoming vice- intendant general of Savoy at Chambéry. In 1819 he was made intendant general of Asti and in 1826 of Cuneo.

Vipsania (likely born between 36-28 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Attica to diferentiate her from her sisters) was an ancient Roman noblewoman of the first century BC. She was married to the orator Quintus Haterius and was likely the daughter of Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica.

Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan (3 October 1292 – 30 June 1337) was a powerful English noblewoman who married Hugh Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England.Lewis, M. E. (2008). A traitor's death? The identity of a drawn, hanged and quartered man from Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire.

Sidonia von Borcke (1548–1620) was a Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft in the city of Stettin (today Szczecin, Poland). In posthumous legends, she is depicted as a femme fatale, and she has entered English literature as Sidonia the Sorceress. She had lived in various towns and villages throughout the country.

Galileo is seated in his study, defeated, rejected, and blind. He is old and as he awaits death he contemplates his long and turbulent life. His astronomical discoveries have consistently been rejected by tradition-bound professors as well as the church. A Roman noblewoman known as The Friend is beside Galileo, comforting and protecting him.

Monastery of Santo Domingo el Real The monastery of Santo Domingo Real, located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is a monastery of nuns founded in 1364 by the noblewoman Inés García de Meneses, daughter of García Suárez de Meneses and María Fernández Barroso, after being widowed by Sancho de Velasco.

Bust of Julia Mamaea TheocliaAugustan History, The Two Maximini, 29 (flourished 3rd century, died 218Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.222) was a Syrian Roman noblewoman. Theoclia was most probably born and raised in Arca Caesarea (modern Arqa, Lebanon). She is the known daughter of the Roman EquestrianJulia Avita Mamaea’s article at Livius.

Clotilde Courau was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942) and French noblewoman Catherine du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), daughter of Count Pierre Francoise Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1926), whose family can be traced back to 13th century.

Ioannis Skylitzes, mid-13th century. Madrid Biblioteca Nacional Danielis (, Daniēlís, fl. 9th century AD) was a widowed Byzantine noblewoman from Patras. According to the written tradition (continuing in the tradition of Theophanes) she was an extremely wealthy landowner, owning a significant part of the Peloponnese, as well as a flourishing carpet and textile industry.

They were together from 1818 until her death in 1834, and had seven children. Shortly after Baroness Von Prillwitz's death he began a relationship with and morganatically married Emilie von Ostrowska, a Polish noblewoman. They had a daughter, Charlotte, who was five when her father died, and was raised by her father's Jewish tailor.

Beatrice de Frangepanalso Frangepán, Frankapan, Frangipani, Frankopan (Croatian: Beatrica Frankopan, Hungarian: Frangepán Beatrix; 1480 - c. 27 March 1510) was a Croatian noblewoman, a member of the House of Frankopan that lived in the Kingdom of Croatia in personal union with Hungary. By marriage she was heiress of Hunyad Castle and Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Fujiwara no Taishi (藤原帯子, also read Fujiwara no Tarashiko; died 794) was a Japanese noblewoman of the Nara period. She was a consort of Prince Ate. She bore him no children, but more than a decade after her death she was granted the title of empress on her husband's becoming Emperor Heizei.

Brita Rosladin (1626–1675) was a politically influential Swedish noblewoman. She is known for her supplicant activity which she managed through her contacts and marriage to the Lord High Treasurer of Sweden, . She was the daughter of and Christina Posse. She married Sten Nilsson Bielke in 1655, and became the mother of Ture Stensson Bielke.

Marie de Bourbon (15 October 1605 - 4 June 1627), Duchess of Montpensier, and Duchess of Orléans by marriage, was a French noblewoman and one of the last members of the House of Bourbon-Montpensier. Her parents were Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess of Joyeuse in her own right.

Diane de Poitiers (9 January 1500 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and prominent courtier. She wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's status. She was a major patron of French Renaissance architecture and a talented landowner.

Luisa de Tenza, Lady of Espinardo, (in full, ), was a Spanish noblewoman. Luisa de Tenza was the daughter of Alonso de Tenza, and wife Doña Aldonza de Cascales y Soto, a distant relative of Hernando de Soto. She was Lady of Espinardo, Ontur, Albatana and Mojón Blanco. She married at Murcia Admiral Don Luis Fajardo.

Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (17 January 1800 – 20 January 1865) was a wealthy English heiress and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet. She married Charles William Stewart, 1st Baron Stewart. She became a marchioness in 1822 when Charles succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

Zsófia Katalin Illésházy de Illésháza (1547–1599) was a Hungarian noblewoman, the sixth and youngest child of Tamás Illésházy and his second wife, Zsófia Földes. Her father functioned as Vice-ispán (Viscount; vicecomes) of Pozsony County.Esterhazy Wiki Her elder brother was Baron István Illésházy, who served as Palatine of Hungary between 1608 and 1609.

Joan of Artois, Countess of Foix, Viscountess of Béarn (French: Jeanne d'Artois; 1289 - after 24 March 1350), was a French noblewoman, and the wife of Gaston I de Foix, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn. From 1331 to 1347 she was imprisoned by her eldest son on charges of scandalous conduct, dissolution, and profligacy.

Anastasia de Montfort, Countess of Nola (born c.1274), was an Italian noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. She was the eldest daughter of Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, himself the son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. She held the title suo jure Countess of Nola after her father's death in 1291.

Katherine Stourton, Baroness Grey of Codnor (c. 1455 – 1521) was an English noblewoman. Her life reflects the turbulence of English political life in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries; her first husband was attainted for treason, and her third husband holds the record for the longest period of imprisonment in the Tower of London.

Anna von Szent-Ivanyi (19 January 1797 - 28 January 1889) was a German- Hungarian noblewoman who became the owner of a successful winery in Deidesheim. She never married, and in her later years became an important benefactress of the town's hospital-asylum ("Deidesheimer Spital") and of the Latin school with which it shared its site.

Around 1628, the application of Doña María Uray of Dapitan ("Uray" denoting her status as a native noblewoman), was rejected simply because she was classified as an "India." Despite being a granddaughter of Datu Pagbuaya of Dapitan unto whom El Adelantado Don Miguel López de Legazpi was beholden, her second application was turned down anew.

Petronilla de Meath (c. 1300–1324) was the maidservant of Dame Alice Kyteler, a 14th-century Hiberno-Norman noblewoman. After the death of Kyteler's fourth husband, the widow was accused of practicing witchcraft and Petronilla of being her accomplice. Petronilla was tortured and forced to proclaim that she and Kyteler were guilty of witchcraft.

Countess Ana Katarina Zrinska (c. 1625–1673) was a Croatian noblewoman and poet, born into the House of Frankopan noble family. She married Count Petar Zrinski of the House of Zrinski in 1641 and later became known as Katarina Zrinska. She is remembered in Croatia as a patron of the arts, a writer and patriot.

Aveline de Forz, Countess of Aumale and Lady of Holderness (20 January 1259 – 10 November 1274) was an English noblewoman. A great heiress, in 1269 she was married to Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, the second son of Henry III of England. She died five years later, and the marriage produced no children.

Elizabeth de Vere (née Trussell), Countess of Oxford (1496 – before July 1527) was an English noblewoman. As a young child she became a royal ward. She married John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and by him was mother of the 16th Earl and grandmother of Sir Francis and Sir Horace Vere, the 'fighting Veres'.

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne (Maria Anna Henriette Leopoldine; 24 October 1708 - 28 July 1728) was a noblewoman born into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the suo jure Margravine of Bergen op Zoom from 1710 at the death of her father. She was the mother of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.

A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He attempts to seduce her but she insists that he tell her of his past love exploits. While doing so, he takes her through his time in prison where he was unknowingly incarcerated in the cell beside hers.

Johanna Katharina Victoria, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (née Countess Johanna Katharina Victoria von Montfort-Tettnang (9 October 1678 - 26 January 1759) was a German noblewoman and consort of Meinrad II. She served as the regent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on behalf of her son, Joseph Friedrich Ernst, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, from 1715 until 1720.

Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) (c. 1040 - 13 April 1113) was a saint and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife Doda. Ida's grandfather was Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine and Ida's brother was Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

The noblewoman Lucrezia Ruffo Della Valle took the young painter under her protection. She sent Pascaletti to Naples, where he studied under Francesco Solimena. Pascaletti moved to Rome in 1727, where he was to remain for the next twenty years. In Rome, Pascaletti joined the Academy of Virtuosi al Pantheon, and associated with Sebastiano Conca.

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg (6 April 1573 7 August 1643), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Welf and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Coburg. Born in Celle, she was the ninth of fifteen children born from the marriage of William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea, Princess of Denmark.

Didymeia (flourished 4th and 3rd centuries BC, Greek: η Δηιδάμεια) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman. She originally came from an upper Macedonian noble family. Didymeia was the daughter of Antiochus and Laodice of Macedonia. Her father served as a military general under King Philip II of Macedon and gained distinction as one of Philip’s officers.

Posthumous portrait of Anastasia Ivanovna, Hereditary Princess of Hesse- Homburg, Princess Trubetskaya painted 1757 by Alexander Roslin National Gallery of Victoria Anastasija Ivanovna, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Homburg and Princess Trubetskaya (1700-1755), was a Russian noblewoman, courtier, Princess of Moldavia and Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg and an honorary member of the Imperial Russian family.

Sambice was a late 5th-century Iranian noblewoman from the Sasanian dynasty, who was the sister-wife of king (shah) Kavad I () and mother of his first son, Kawus. Perhaps she can be associated with the wife (or sister) of Kavad I who helped him escape from captivity in the Castle of Oblivion in 496.

Bianca Cappello (154820 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman who was the mistress, and afterward the second wife, of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her husband officially made her his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of the fortunate term serendipity by the writer Horace Walpole is due to a portrait of Bianca.

This is a historic novel published in Dutch in 1948 about a noblewoman from Atjeh in northern Sumatra. It describes the war between the local people and the Dutch colonial power in the period 1873-1914, of which the difference in religion also played a part. This book was written in a very different style.

Margaret of Cleves (c. 1375-14 May 1411) was a German noblewoman. A daughter of Adolph III, Count of Mark and Margaret of Jülich (making her sister to Adolph I), in 1394 she became the second wife of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, though the marriage remained childless. The couple held court in The Hague.

Portrait of Katheryn of Berain by Adriaen van Cronenburgh c.1568, in the National Museum Cardiff Katheryn of Berain () (born 1535 - Latin eulogy; died aged 56 on 27 August 1591), sometimes called Mam Cymru ("mother of Wales"), was a Welsh noblewoman noted for her four marriages and her extensive network of descendants and relations.

Jeanne de Gontaut, Countess of Noailles (c.1520- 26 September 1586), was a French noblewoman and the wife of Antoine de Noailles, Admiral of France and French Ambassador to England from 1553 to 1556. Following her husband's death in 1562, Jeanne became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother of France, Catherine de Medici.

Todos-os-Santos All Saints Monastery of the Order of Santiago, Lisbon where Filipa used to live, today houses the French Embassy. Capela da Piedade (Chapel of Piety) at Carmo, Lisbon where Filipa was buried. Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (c. 1455 – between 1478 and 1484) was a Portuguese noblewoman from Porto Santo Island, in Madeira, Portugal.

Lady Anne Brandon, Baroness Grey of Powys (c. 1507 – January 1558) was an English noblewoman, and the eldest daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk by his second wife, Anne Browne. Anne's mother had died in 1511. In 1514, Anne's father secured a place for her at the court of Archduchess Margaret of Savoy.

The motif of the vampiress is most notably derived from the real-life noblewoman and murderess, Elizabeth Bathory, and helped usher in the emergence of horror fiction in the 18th century, such as through László Turóczi's 1729 book Tragica Historia.in Ungaria suis cum regibus compendia data, Typis Academicis Soc. Jesu per Fridericum Gall. Anno MCCCXXIX.

Kristina Nilsdotter (Blake) (died 1254), was a Swedish noblewoman. Kristina and her spouse were portrayed by Snorre Sturlasson who visited them in 1219, and who reportedly gave him valuable information for his writings. She was the daughter of princess Catherine of Sweden and Norwegian nobleman Nils Blake. She married the Norwegian earl Hakon the Mad (Håkon Galen) in 1205.

Gertrud von Hindenburg (1920) Gertrud Wilhelmine von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (née von Sperling) (born December 4, 1860 in Magdeburg - May 14, 1921 in Hannover) was a German noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the wife of Paul von Hindenburg, the Chief of the German Army Command in the second half of the First World War and President of Germany.

Maud of Lancaster (4 April 1340 - 10 April 1362), also known as Matilda, Countess of Hainault, was a 14th-century English noblewoman who married into the Bavarian royal family. The eldest daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester, and his wife Isabel de Beaumont, she was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lindsey.

Nordman was born in Helsinki in 1863. Her father was a Finnish admiral in the Russian Navy and her mother was Russian noblewoman Maria Arbusova, who was the widow of Colonel Ehlert. Nordman was a suffragette and a champion of vegetarianism. In 1900 she met the married artist Ilya Repin who was on a trip to Paris.

Tretower Court. A 15th century manor house, rebuilt close to Tretower Castle by Sir Roger Vaughan. Sir Roger Vaughan (Died on 1471) of Tretower Court, was the son of Welsh noblewoman Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam and Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, who fought and died with Gwladys's father, Dafydd Gam in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

O. Balzer: Genealogia Piastów, p. 121.) with Vladislaus I and Otto II's sister-in-law, the German noblewoman Salomea of Berg.Richeza and Sophia of Berg, Salomea's sisters, are the wives of Vladislaus I and Otto II the Black, respectively. S. Trawkowski: Bolesław III Krzywousty [in:] A. Garlicki (ed.) Poczet królów i książąt polskich, pp. 80–89.

Petronilla de Meath (c. 1300–1324) was the maidservant of Dame Alice Kyteler, a fourteenth century Hiberno-Norman noblewoman. After the death of Kyteler's fourth husband, Kyteler was accused of practicing witchcraft and Petronilla was charged with being one of her accomplices. Petronilla was tortured and forced to proclaim that she and Kyteler were guilty of witchcraft.

Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht (born c. 1205, died 24 February 1240), was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, the wife of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught and Strathearn (c.1194–1242), and the mother of his seven children, including Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster. She was also known as Gille de Lacy.

The identity of the wife of Balbilus is unknown; most probably she was a Greek noblewoman from the aristocracy of the Roman Near East. There is a possibility that the wife of Balbilus may have been royalty, possibly Commagenian.Beck, Beck on Mithraism: Collected Works With New Essays, p. 43 By his wife Balbilus had a daughter called Claudia Capitolina.

Evfrosinia Staritskaia née Khovanskaia (died 1569), was a Russian noblewoman. In 1533, she married Prince Andrey of Staritsa, cousin of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. She was described as ambitious and forceful. She wished for the Staritski family to influence the regency of Tsar Ivan, and orchestrated a plot to depose the regent Elena Glinskaya, Ivan’s mother.

Countess Katinka Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai (21 September 1892 – 12 June 1985) was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Mihály Károlyi, who served as Prime Minister then President of the First Hungarian Republic after the First World War. They lived abroad since 1919. She was called by political opponents as Red Countess after her husband.

Constantia van Lynden (1761-1831) was a Dutch noblewoman. She is known as the love interest of William V, Prince of Orange, who courted her in 1779-1782, which caused a scandal and attracted attention in contemporary Netherlands. The affair was used as propaganda by the Patriottentijd for political reasons and she was portrayed as potentially politically influential.

Angela Borgia or Borja, (born in Rome c. 1486; Died in Sassuolo c. 1520–1522), was an Italian noblewoman. She was the illegitimate daughter of Guillem Ramon de Borja and Sanoguera (who was in Rome in the service of Pope Alexander VI, died in 1503), son of Otic de Borja y Montcada and his wife Violant Sanoguera.

Jane Constance Cook (Ga’axstal’as) (1870 - 1951) was a First Nations leader and activist of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people. The daughter of a KKwakwakaʼwakw noblewoman and a white fur trader, she was born on Vancouver Island and was raised by a missionary couple. Her education included knowledge of the law. She trained as a midwife and a healer.

In 1682 Kalafatis moved to Venice where he wrote Trattato sopra la peste, whilst there he met and married Alba Caterina Muazzo, a Venetian noblewoman. In 1692 he became a member of the Galileiana Academy of Arts and Science in Padua. He died on February 9, 1720 in Padua and was buried along with his wife in the Basilica.

Isabel de Clare, suo jure 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil (1172–1220), was a Welsh and Irish noblewoman and one of the wealthiest heiresses in Wales and Ireland. She was the wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who served four successive kings as Lord Marshal of England. Her marriage had been arranged by King Richard I.

Andrew had five sons and two daughters from his marriage with an unidentified noblewoman. The two eldest sons, John and Thomas (III) rose to prominence during the last decades of the 13th century. John entered ecclesiastical career and served as Archbishop of Kalocsa from 1278 to 1301. Thomas was a powerful lord, who held several dignities.

Oda of Meissen (, ; born c. 996 – died after 1025K. Jasiński, Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, Wrocław - Warszawa 1992.), was a German noblewoman member of the Ekkehardiner dynasty and by marriage firstly Duchess and later the first Queen of Poland. She was the youngest daughter of Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen by his wife Suanhilde, daughter of Hermann Billung, Margrave of Saxony.

Anne Devereux, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1430 - after 25 June 1486), was an English noblewoman, who was Countess of Pembroke during the 15th century by virtue of marriage to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. She was born in Bodenham, the daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his wife Elizabeth Merbury.Douglas Richardson.

Christine von Hessen (30 October 1648 - 18 March 1702) was a German noblewoman of the House of Hesse, belonging to the Hessen-Eschwege branch of the Hessen- Rotenburg line. Through her marriage on 25 November 1667 in Eschwege to Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1636-1687), she became Duchess-Consort of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern.

Elisabet Augusta Piper (1811–1879) was a Swedish court official. She served as överhovmästarinna (senior lady-in-waiting) to the queen of Sweden, Sophia of Nassau, from 1872 to 1879.Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925-36. She was the daughter of the British admiral and nobleman Sir Thomas Baker and the Swedish noblewoman Sofia Augusta Ruuth.

John II Megas Komnenos (, Iōannēs II Megas Komnēnos) (c. 1262 – 16 August 1297) was Emperor of Trebizond from 1280 to 1297. He was the youngest son of Emperor Manuel I and his third wife, Irene Syrikaina, a Trapezuntine noblewoman. John succeeded to the throne after his full-brother George was betrayed by his archons on the mountain of Taurezion.

Ana María Josefa Ramona Juana Nepomucena Marcelina Huarte y Muñiz (17 January 178621 March 1861) was the first Empress of Mexico. She was the wife of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico. Her father was the provincial intendant Isidro Huarte and her mother was the noblewoman Manuela Muñiz y Sanchez de Tagle, descendant of the Marquis of Altamira.

Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Chalpaida; ca. 654 – ca. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. She became the mistress of Pippin of Herstal (635 or 640 – 16 December 714) and mother to two sons by him, Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer) (688–22 October 741) and Childebrand I (678–751).

The Lignages d'Outremer also claimed that Philip was a nephew of Pagan the Butler, but no other primary source refers to Pagan as Philip's uncle. The date of Guy's death is unknown, but he was most probably still alive in the early 1130s. Philip inherited his father's estates around Nablus. He married a noblewoman, Isabella, before 1144.

A military settlement was set up in Sokolivka and the Jewish population was expelled. Directly across the Ros River from Sokolivka was undeveloped land with rich soil, perfect for settlement. However, this land was owned by a noblewoman named Justina, (some sources say Justina’s husband owned the land) who the Jews desperately pleaded with for access.

Anne Stanley (May 1580 - c. 8 October 1647) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Derby and, through her two marriages, became Baroness Chandos and later Countess of Castlehaven. She was a distant relative of Elizabeth I of England and for some time was seen as a possible heiress to the English throne.

Yvain becomes so enthralled in his knightly exploits that he forgets to return to his wife within the allotted time, so she rejects him. Yvain rescues the lion (Garrett MS 125 fol. 37r, c. 1295) Yvain goes mad with grief, is cured by a noblewoman, and decides to rediscover himself and find a way to win back Laudine.

He married the French noblewoman Marie de Guise. His reign was fairly successful, until another disastrous campaign against England led to defeat at the battle of Solway Moss (1542). James died a short time later. The day before his death, he was brought news of the birth of an heir: a daughter, who became Mary, Queen of Scots.

The name of the Cuman noblewoman who subsequently married two Tsars Emperors of Bulgaria, Kaloyan of Bulgaria and Boril of Bulgaria, is unknown. There are only two sources mentioning her, both foreign. The Byzantine historian George Akropolites claimed that after the death of Kaloyan, his sister's son Boril 'married his Scythian aunt'.Greek sources of Bulgarian History, Vol.

Mallika wants the best for the man she loves, so she encourages him to go to Ujjayini. In the second act, Kalidas has achieved fame and is married to a sophisticated noblewoman, Priyangumanjari, while Mallika is heartbroken and alone. Kalidas visits his village with his wife and a small retinue. He avoids meeting Mallika, but Priyangumanjari does.

Until that time, the highest ranking diplomats were known as ministers. Although his diplomatic career was not as celebrated or long as Short may have wished, and his love affair with a French noblewoman ended with her marrying another man, Short was a successful businessman and an opponent of slavery who died very wealthy in America.

Mary Fleming () (1542–fl. 1581), was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion and cousin of Mary, Queen of Scots. She and three other ladies-in- waiting (Mary Livingston, Mary Beaton and Mary Seton) were collectively known as "The Four Marys". A granddaughter of James IV of Scotland, she married the queen's renowned secretary, Sir William Maitland of Lethington.

He married Catherine de Manas, a local noblewoman, in 1570, and they had four daughters together: Anne, Jeanne, Marie and Isabeau. He entered the service of Henri de Navarre in 1576, who would become Henri IV of France in 1589. He was sent on various diplomatic missions, including to Montmorency in 1580, and Scotland and England in 1587.

Marie-Louise af Forsell or Marie-Louise Forsell (5 September 1823 – 3 April 1852), was a Swedish noblewoman diarist.Marie-Louise af Forsell, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/MarieLouiseafForsell, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Gunnel Furuland), hämtad 2020-07-16. She wrote a diary from the age of sixteen to her death in childbirth at the age of twenty-nine.

In October 1922, he married Austrian noblewoman Maria-Klothilde von Thuillières Gfn von Montjoye- Vaufrey et de la Roche (1893–1978), known among family as "Maja", at St. Stephen Cathedral in Vienna. The marriage was acceptable although morganatic. Their children, among them Count Leo Stefan of Habsburg (b. 1928), were granted the title of Count of Habsburg.

Lazica was another border state; it was Christian, but in the Sassanid sphere. Its king, Tzath, wished to reduce Sassanid influence. In 521 or 522, he went to Constantinople to receive the insignia and royal robes of kingship from Justin's hand and to make his submission. He was also baptized as a Christian and married a Byzantine noblewoman, Valeriana.

He was born into an old noble family of German origin as the son of Kristóf Berzeviczy and Katalin Bertóthy. He married Katalin Woianowski, a German-Polish noblewoman in 1578, they had three children. Berzeviczy served as recorder for Palatine Tamás Nádasdy since 1558. In the next year he worked for the Hungarian Court Chancellery in Vienna.

Princess of Belgiojoso, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, in 1843 by painter Henri Lehmann Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (; 28 June 1808, Milan, Lombardy, Italy5 July 1871, near Milan) was an Italian noblewoman, princess of Belgiojoso, who played a prominent part in Italy's struggle for independence. She is also notable as a writer and journalist.Brooklyn Museum, Dinner Party Database.

Thusnelda statue in Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Triumph of Germanicus, by Karl von Piloty, 1873 Thusnelda ( 10 BC – unknown) was a Germanic noblewoman who was captured by the Roman general Germanicus during his invasion of Germania. She was the wife of Arminius. Tacitus and Strabo cite her capture as evidence of both the firmness and restraint of Roman arms.

Agrypina (14th century) was a Lithuanian noblewoman from the Gediminids dynasty. She was a daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. In 1354, she married Duke of Suzdal Boris, son of Konstantin and brother of Dmitry. This is only mentioned in Suprasl Chronicle, a transcription of the first Lithuanian Chronicle.

Leonora Sanvitale (Contessa di Scandiano) (c. 1558–1582) was a noblewoman and singer at the Este court at Ferrara, and along with her stepmother Barbara Sanseverino, was among the most "brilliant" noblewomen at the court. She joined the court in 1576 when she married Giulio Tiene, Count of Scandiano. Before this she had been at the court in Parma.

King Henry II was married to Catherine de' Medici at the age of 14, and had no known children with Diane de Poitiers, a French noblewoman of great influence and the historical figure most likely represented by Danielle. The characters are not meant to be historically accurate figures themselves, but perhaps instead to inspire curiosity about their historical counterparts.

Claire Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 - 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, known as Le Grand Condé (The Great Condé), and became the mother of Henri Jules. She was Princess of Condé and Duchess of Fronsac.

By 1896, Pedro was in love with Austro-Hungarian noblewoman Elisabeth "Elsi" Dobržensky. Meanwhile, Luís was ambitious and active, eager to make his mark on the world. He was a mountaineer, and climbed Mont Blanc in September 1896. He traveled to southern Africa, central Asia and India, and later wrote and published travelogues of his experiences.

Ka-Nefer-Nefer (fl. 13th century BCE) was an ancient Egyptian noblewoman who lived during the Nineteenth Dynasty. She is known in modern times for her funerary mask, which is in the possession of the Saint Louis Art Museum. The museum bought the mask in 1998 from the art supplier Phoenix Ancient Art of New York and Geneva.

An example is the 15th century noblewoman Mairgréag Ní Cearbhaill, praised by the learned for her hospitality.Caerwyn Williams and Ní Mhuiríosa (1979), pp.165–6. At that level a certain number of women were literate, and some were contributors to an unofficial corpus of courtly love poetry known as dánta grádha.Examples can be found in O'Rahilly (2000).

Jadwiga Tarło-Mniszech (b. between 1560 and 1570 – 1629) was a Polish noblewoman in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Coat of arms – Topór. Married Jerzy Mniszech (died 1613) who was Krajczy koronny in 1574, castellan of Radom in 1583, Voivode of Sandomierz in 1590, żupnik of Ruthenia, starost of Lwów in 1593, starost of Sambor, Sokal, Sanok and Rohatyn.

Saint Domnina and her daughters Berenice (Bernice, Veronica, Verine, Vernike) and Prosdoce are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. According to Eusebius, Domnina was a Christian noblewoman from Antioch who had two young daughters. According to one account, Domnina and her daughters settled at Edessa, Mesopotamia. Her husband was a pagan.

Princess Apolonia Poniatowski (17 January 1736 - 1814) was a Polish noblewoman, the sister-in-law of the King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski. She was the daughter of Bazyli Ustrzycki and Katarzyna Zielonka. She married Prince Antoni Lubomirski in 1749, and Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski on 21 January 1751. In 1763, her brother-in-law was elected king of Poland.

Landgravine Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg (30 June 1653, in Bingenheim - 16 May 1722, in Grabow) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his first wife Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt. Upon her marriage she becomes the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Grabow. Her great-grandson was Ivan VI of Russia.

As a noblewoman, Lucrezia possessed more freedom to own property and conduct business. She bought houses, shops, and farms in and around Pisa and Florence. Her shops would be leased to different businesses and thereby extended her patronage network. In 1477, she took a lease on a public bath facility near Volterra, which she renovated into a profitable venture.

Tomb effigy of Amalia Mniszech in Saint Mary Magdalene Church in Dukla Maria Amalia Mniszech (1736–1772), née von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was active as a political Polish agent in the court of Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna, where she was sent to influence the empress in favour of Poland.

Teresa Załuska (1676-1759), was a Polish noblewoman and orator. She is foremost known for her political activity and her talent as orator. She supported Stanisław Leszczyński during the War of the Polish Succession. She is famous for the speech she gave to the Crown Tribunal in defense against the confiscation of her property, which was printed and published.

Before 509 BC, Rome was ruled by kings. The last was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. The king's son, Sextus Tarquinius, raped a noblewoman, Lucretia, who revealed the offence to various Roman noblemen and then committed suicide. The noblemen obtained the support of the aristocracy and the people to expel the king and his family and to institute the Roman Republic.

Helena Maria Ehrenstråhle (1760-1800) was a Swedish noblewoman and poet. She was the daughter of noble colonel Hans Ehrenstråhle and Maria Elisabeth Uggla and married in 1791 to the writer Jonas Carl Linnerhielm. She published a collection of poems, "Vitterhetsförsök" (1793). It consisted of both prose and poetry with "sentimental-moral contents" in the then popular Gessner-style.

He was spared from any capital punishment and was exiled. Cotys I's brother lived as a destitute exiled monarch until his death. From 45 until 63, Cotys I reigned as Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. Sometime during his reign, Cotys married a Greek noblewoman called Eunice, through whom had a son called Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis.

Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar (22 March 1660 – 4 February 1687), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Merseburg-Lauchstädt. Born in Weimar, she was the third of five children born from the marriage of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

Denys George Finch Hatton (24 April 1887 – 14 May 1931) was an English aristocratic big-game hunter and the lover of Baroness Karen Blixen (also known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen), a Danish noblewoman who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa, first published in 1937. In the book, his name is hyphenated: "Finch-Hatton".

Illustration of Gordiya in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp Kurdiya (also spelled Gurdiya and Gordiya) was an influential Iranian noblewoman from the House of Mihran, who was first the sister-wife of the distinguished military leader Bahram Chobin, then the wife of the Ispahbudhan dynast Vistahm, and ultimately the wife of the last prominent Sasanian emperor, Khosrow II.

Alrude, Countess of Bertinoro was a 12th-century Italian noblewoman and military leader. In 1172 she commanded the army that ended the imperial siege of Aucona. "Aucona" is likely to have been a reference to the city of Ancona, now in the Marche region of Italy. She witnessed the imperial troops flee from Aucona upon their defeat.

Since the father of Trajanus joined the ranks of the patricians in Rome, it is very likely that his grandfather was already a member of the Roman Senate. The ancestry of Trajanus' mother is unknown. His sister Ulpia was the mother of Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, and grandmother of the emperor Hadrian. Trajanus married a Roman noblewoman named Marcia.

Maud de Prendergast, Lady of Offaly (17 March 1242 - before 1273), was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, the first wife of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland, and the mother of his two daughters, Juliana FitzGerald and Amabel.The Complete Peerage, Vol.VII, p.200 She married three times; Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly was her third husband.

He eventually abdicated, making way for the rule of his son Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia in c. 63 BC–62 BC. Ariobarzanes' queen was a Greek noblewoman, Athenais Philostorgos I. Athenais bore Ariobarzanes I two children: a son, Ariobarzanes II, who succeeded him, and a daughter, Isias Philostorgos, who married the King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.

Catherine of Sweden, Katarina av Vadstena, Catherine of Vadstena or Katarina Ulfsdotter (c. 1332 – 24 March 1381) was a Swedish noblewoman. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Her father was Ulf Gudmarsson, Lord of Ulvåsa, and her mother was Bridget of Sweden (known as Birgitta Birgersdotter of Finsta in her lifetime).

Walsingham is a pilgrimage site in Norfolk, England, where, according to Catholic belief, a Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary. The shrine was dismantled in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. (It has since been revived). In the sixteenth century attitudes towards pilgrimages varied, reflecting the Catholic/Protestant divide.

By his marriage, on 29 October 1831, to Maria, second daughter of Thomas Fletcher and granddaughter of William Enfield, he had a son Henry Enfield Roscoe, and a daughter Harriet, who married Edward Enfield. Roscoe's widow, who died in April 1885, aged 86, published in 1868 Vittoria Colonna: her Life and Times about the Italian noblewoman and poet.

Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian (née Lady Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot; 17 April 1808 – 13 May 1877) was a British noblewoman and philanthropist who founded the Anglican Saint John's Church in Jedburgh and the Roman Catholic Saint David's Church in Dalkeith. A follower of the Oxford Movement, she eventually converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism after she was widowed.

The castle of Scaletta, where Macalda was born Macalda di Scaletta (or Machalda) (c. 1240 in Scaletta Zanclea – after October 14, 1308? in Messina) was a Sicilian baroness, warrior woman, lady-in-waiting, and courtesan during the Angevin and Aragonese periods. Though the daughter of Giovanni di Scaletta and a Sicilian noblewoman, she was of humble origins.

In 1628 he was sent by Ferdinando II de Medici as an infantry Captain to Milan to help the Spaniards. Here Girolamo met and married Isabella a Milanese noblewoman. From this marriage was born Caterina (who married Cesare Reina, secretary of the Senate of Milan), and a son, Leti.Bufacchi, Emanuela. 2005. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol 64.

She is traditionally identified as Fiammetta. According to him, Maria's mother was a Provençal noblewoman, Sibila Sabran, wife of Count Thomas IV of Aquino. She was born after Countess Sibila and King Robert committed adultery at his coronation festivities in 1310, but was given the family name of her mother's husband. Her putative father placed her in a convent.

Henrietta Boyle, Countess of Rochester, ca. 1665, by Sir Peter Lely Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester (née Boyle; 1646 - 12 April 1687) was an English noblewoman. She was one of the Windsor Beauties painted by Sir Peter Lely. She was born in Wiltshire, England to Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Cork.

The Platonic Marriage (German: Die platonische Ehe) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Paul Leni and starring Mia May, Georg Alexander and Albert Paulig.Das Ufa-Buch p.40 An impoverished noblewoman marries a woman he finds unattractive simply to get his hands on her money. However, he gradually finds himself falling in love with her.

Parma is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Łowicz and north-east of the regional capital Łódź. The village is named after the Italian city of Parma. It was owned by Polish noblewoman Helena Radziwiłłowa, who probably founded the village.

But instead of glory and fame, the response of the religious court is to throw them out of France. Flaminio is angry and humiliated before his troupe, but rallies them to his side once again with his artistic vision. ("Improvisation.") The only one not convinced is Francesco. Lights come up on a beautiful young noblewoman named Isabella.

View of the Baturraden tourist area Baturraden (also spelled Baturaden) is a district in the Banyumas Regency on the slope of Mount Slamet, Central Java. It features panoramic views, waterfalls, a mini-train, paddleboats, a water slide, and a pool. Its name is derived from a legend about star-crossed lovers, a manservant (Batur) and noblewoman (Raden).

Lady Mary Coke (6 February 1727 – 30 September 1811) was an English noblewoman known for her letters and private journal. She made pointed observations of people in her circle and political figures. Although not intended for publication, an edition of her letters and journal, including entries from 1766 to 1774, was published in 1889 by a distant great-nephew.

Court of Ardashir III. Mah-Adhur was the son of a certain Jushnas (Gushnasp), and an unnamed Ispahbudhan noblewoman, who was the sister of Vistahm and Vinduyih. Mah-Adhur Gushnasp had a brother named Narsi, and was a cousin of Khosrow II (r. 591–628), whose mother was also a sibling of the two Ispahbudhan brothers.

Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Gaius Avidius Nigrinus and the surmised but undocumented noblewoman Ignota Plautia. Although her adoptive paternal grandparents were the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Roman Empress Vibia Sabina, her biological paternal grandparents were the consul Lucius Ceionius Commodus and noblewoman Aelia or Fundania Plautia. Sometime in 136 after Hadrian announced that her father was to be the Emperor’s official heir, on the wishes of Hadrian, the emperor betrothed Fabia to Hadrian’s great-nephew Marcus Aurelius. Although Fabia and Aurelius became engaged, the engagement did not survive Hadrian; immediately after the emperor's death, Antoninus Pius, Hadrian's second adopted son and the new emperor, approached Marcus and requested that his marriage arrangements be amended: Marcus' betrothal to Ceionia Fabia would be annulled, and he would be betrothed to Faustina, Antoninus' daughter, instead.

Oenanthe (, her name means wineflower - from οἶνος wine and ἄνθος flower - flourished 3rd century BC, died 203 BC) was an Egyptian Greek noblewoman and through marriage was a relation of the Ptolemaic dynasty.Ptolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: Agathocles Oenanthe was a woman of obscure origins. She had married at an unknown date Agathocles an Egyptian Greek nobleman, the grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse the late Greek Tyrant of Syracuse, who later became King of SicilyPtolemaic Genealogy: Theoxena, Footnotes 2 & 3 and Theoxena of Syracuse a Greek Macedonian noblewoman, who was the second older maternal half-sister of the Greek Egyptian Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus.Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice IPtolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: Agathocles Oenanthe bore Agathocles four children who were: one son Agathocles of Egypt; one daughter called Agathoclea and another two daughters whose names are unknown.

Birgitte Rosenkrantz (died 29 June 1603 in Copenhagen), was a Danish noblewoman, known as a figure of a Cause célèbre. She was married to the noble Niels Kaas of Stårupgård. After the death of her spouse, she had a love affair with the nephew of her late husband, Gjord Kaas. Though they were not related, this was regarded as incest by contemporary law.

These manuscripts, which consisted of nine small volumes, have been preserved. He had also begun a major project which had taken fourteen years of research. Before leaving France for England, he had deposited the manuscripts of this work with a noblewoman, who was later arrested during the Reign of Terror, and whose servants burned the papers, fearing they might compromise their mistress.

A Dictionary of Saintly Women, Vol. 1, Bell, 1904, p. 297 Upon her father's death, Eusebia and her mother and sisters went to Marchiennes Abbey, which had been founded by her parents. However, at the request of her grandmother, Gerberte, daughter of the Merovingian noblewoman, Saint Geretrude, who had founded the Abbey at Hamay- les-Marchiennes (alternately known as Hamage) near Arras.

Calvia Crispinilla was possibly of African origins. She was a favourite of the emperor Nero, serving as "mistress of the Imperial wardrobe" at the palace. A noblewoman of unknown lineage, she was considered to have great power and influence, having accompanied Nero and his third wife Statilia Messalina to Greece in 66. She was seen as greedy and rapacious by her contemporaries.

Jaime Serra (c. 1375) Eleanor was involved with plans to marry King Ferdinand I of Portugal in 1371, however he refused the match as he had secretly married the noblewoman Leonor Telles de Menezes. She was betrothed in Burgos in 1373 to Prince Charles, the heir of King Charles II of Navarre. The couple was married at Soria in May 1375.

Antigone () was a Macedonian noblewoman who lived in the 4th century BC. She was born to Cassander by unnamed mother.Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 3 Antigone was the niece of the Regent Antipater.Berenice I article at Livius.org Her father and paternal uncle were the sons of Iolaus and through her father Antigone was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.

Lady Elizabeth Bruce, by Godfrey Kneller, 1707 Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan (January 1689 - December 1745), formerly Lady Elizabeth Bruce, was an English noblewoman and a petitioner for the foundation of the Foundling Hospital in London. Her husband was George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan, and she was the mother of the 4th Earl, who later became 1st Duke of Montagu.

Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg , (c. October 1227 – 13 August 1297) was a German noblewoman and abbess. She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She became a Premonstratensian canoness regular at the Abbey of Aldenberg, near Wetzlar, in the Diocese of Trier, where she spent much of her life leading the community as its abbess.

Louise Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Charolais (23 June 1695 – 8 April 1758) was a French noblewoman, the daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé. Her father was the grandson of le Grand Condé, while her mother, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan.

Tiridates was raised in Rome, while his sister, Khosrovidukht was raised at Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia.Eghiayean, Heroes of Hayastan: a dramatic novel history of Armenia, p. 191. Khosrovidukht's foster father was Awtay, a nobleman from the family of the Amatunik; Awtay's wife was a noblewoman of the family of the Slkunik.Dodgeon, The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363, p.

Countess Klára Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (Kája; 18 January 1898 – 12 April 1941) was a Hungarian noblewoman, who later became a Czechoslovak Communist and revolutionist. She joined Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. She organized sabotages against Nazi road and rail consignments. She was critically wounded, losing both legs, in an Italian air raid over Dubrovnik in 1941, evenatually succumbing to her injuries.

Ingeborg Skeel Ingeborg Skeel (c. 1545 – 17 October 1604) was a Danish noblewoman, a major land owner and a county sheriff in the Vendsyssel region of northern Jutland, Denmark. She resided at Voergaard, a large estate which she expanded into a fine Renaissance castle between 1588 and 1591. A talented business women, she personally managed her estates and held several lifelong endowments.

Schuppanzigh left Vienna for several years. Linke was attached to the household of Anna Maria Erdődy, a Hungarian noblewoman and close friend and patron of Beethoven. She employed Linke as a second music tutor (after Johann Xaver Brauchle) to her three children. He accompanied them to Paukovec, Croatia, where the family was to reside, after the whole household left Vienna in 1815.

However, in 1429, Joan of Arc began a military effort to prevent the English from gaining control of France. The French forces regained control of French territory. In 1437, Henry VI came of age and began to actively rule as king. To forge peace, he married French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou in 1445, as provided in the Treaty of Tours.

Portrait sent to Queen Elizabeth I of England, to further the negotiations regarding the marriage. By Steven van der Meulen 1561 Eric XIV was born at Tre Kronor castle, at 9 o'clock on the morning of 13 December 1533. Before the age of two, he lost his mother. In 1536, his father, Gustav Vasa, married Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516–1551), a Swedish noblewoman.

He helped to spread Renaissance arts, science and architecture throughout Transylvania. The Csesztve and Héderfája branch descended from castellan John, as his brother Michael (died before 1482) had no known children from his spouse Sophia Szentpáli. It is plausible that John married an unidentified noblewoman from the wealthy Erdélyi de Somkerék family. Their marriage produced three sons, John, Leonard and Michael.

Munatia Plancina (died 33 AD) was a Roman noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius. She was the wife of the governor of Syria, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso. The couple was accused of poisoning Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of the Emperor Tiberius. At first, Munatia Plancina was acquitted, but when the trial was renewed she committed suicide.

As Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Lord Bothwell visited Copenhagen around 1559. He fell in love with Anna Tronds, known in English as Anna Throndsen or Anna Rustung. She was a Norwegian noblewoman whose father, Kristoffer Trondson, a famous Norwegian admiral, was serving as Danish Royal Consul. After their engagement, or more likely marriage under Norwegian law, Anna left with Bothwell.

Coat of arms of the Freedericksz family (ru) of 1798. Adolf Andreas Woldemar Freedericksz was born on to Finnish Baron Bernhard (Boris Andreyevich) Freedericksz and Baltic German noblewoman Emma Matilda Helene (Emma Adolfovna) von Wulff and the family traditionally believed in Lutheran faith. There had been several stories dedicated to the family's origin. The first was that the family probably originated from Arkhangelsk.

Juliana Hele (c. 1706 - 20 November 1794) was an English noblewoman. She was the third wife of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds, and later the wife of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, and mother of the 3rd Earl. Juliana was the daughter and heiress of Roger Hele, of Newton Ferrers in Devonshire, and his wife, the former Juliana Prestwood.

Petronilla de la Mare (née de Dunstanville, born 1248) was an English noblewoman. The daughter and sole heir of Walter de Dunstanville, she married Robert de Montfort (d. 1274), a descendant of Hugh de Montfort who fought with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. Her privileges are mentioned in the Hundred Rolls of 1274, the third of Edward the First.

In 1355, Nicolae Alexandru and the King of Hungary reached an agreement in return for Severin. His second wife was Clara Dobokai, a Catholic noblewoman from Hungary. His daughter, Anna of Wallachia, married Tsar Ivan Stratsimir of Bulgaria and became mother of Tsar Constantine II of Bulgaria and Queen Dorothea of Bosnia. Another daughter Anca married Emperor Stefan Uroš V of Serbia.

Klonimir (, ; fl. 896) was a Serbian prince of the Vlastimirović dynasty, and pretender to the throne of the Serbian Principality. His father and uncle, co- princes Strojimir and Gojnik, had been exiled to Bulgaria with their families after their eldest brother Mutimir had ousted them and taken the Serbian throne. Klonimir married a Bulgarian noblewoman chosen by Khan Boris I himself.

Ra'ad bin Zeid (; born 18 February 1936) is the son of Prince Zeid of the Hashemite House and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El- Nissa), a Turkish noblewoman. Upon the death of his father on 18 October 1970, he inherited the position as head of the former Royal Houses of Iraq. Ra'ad has lived in London and Paris.

Rupert of Bingen (German : Rupert von Bingen) (712–732) was the son of Bertha of Bingen, a Christian noblewoman. His father was a pagan called Robolaus (Robold). After his death, their child was raised as a Christian by his mother. At the age of fifteen, Rupert undertook a pilgrimage to Rome with his mother, and is regarded as a patron saint of pilgrims.

Memorial to Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey in the Volkspark Jungfernheide The name of the area is a combination of the word Heide, meaning heath, and Jungfer, meaning "Young noblewoman" or "damsel" (cf. Junker), from the Benedictine convent that existed in Spandau from 1269 until the 16th century and owned the area. The street Nonnendamm also relates to the nuns of Spandau.

Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell (1546 – 14 May 1629) was a wealthy Scottish noblewoman and the second wife of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. He became, after his divorce from Lady Jean, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Lady Jean herself had a total of three husbands. Upon her second marriage, she became the Countess of Sutherland.

Dedisimedi (; died ) was a Georgian noblewoman of the House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the royal Bagrationi dynasty. She was princess consort of Samtskhe as wife of Kaikhosro II Jaqeli (r. 1545–1573) and regent for her son Qvarqvare IV Jaqeli (r. 1573–1581). She played a leading role in a civil war that plagued Samtskhe from 1576 to 1578.

Henriette de La Marck (31 October 1542 – 24 June 1601), also known as Henriette of Cleves, was a French noblewoman and courtier. She was the 4th Duchess of Nevers, suo jure Countess of Rethel, and Princess of Mantua by her marriage with Louis I of Gonzaga-Nevers. A very talented landowner, she was one of France's chief creditors until her death.

Coat-of-arms of Aleramici of Monferrat. Beatrice of Montferrat (c.1210 – 1274) was an Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of William VI, Marquess of Montferrat, and the third wife of Guigues VI of Viennois, by whom she had two sons. According to the vida of the troubadour Gauseran de Saint-Leidier, Beatrice was the domna (lady), whom he allegedly loved.

He was born into the Falkos (or Libercse) branch of the ancient gens (clan) Kacsics, as the son of Michael Kacsics (fl. 1271–1301) and an unidentified noblewoman from the so-called "Zólyom kinship", ancestors of the future powerful Balassa family. Simon had three siblings: his two brothers were Thomas the Fat ("Tompos"; fl. 1291–1309) and Peter the Bohemian (fl.

Harco Willems: The world of the coffin texts: Proceedings of the symposium held on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Adriaan de Buck, Leiden December 17 – 19, 1992. Nederlands Institut voor het Nabije Oosten, Leiden 1996, . In 1977, Jan Assmann published another relevant text from the tomb of the noblewoman Mutirdis, dating to the 26th Dynasty.Jan Assmann: Das Grab der Mutirdis.

Katherine FitzGerald (Irish: Caitríona Nic Gearailt), Countess of Desmond (c. 1504 – 1604) was a noblewoman of the Anglo-Norman FitzGerald dynasty in Ireland. English writers of the Tudor period, including Sir Walter Raleigh, helped popularise "the old Countess of Desmond" as a nickname for her, due to her longevity. One estimate placed her age at death in excess of 120 years.

Her devotion to her mother almost leads to her being left behind in England after the exile. The Imposter: Unnamed – a false prophet (from ambition, rather than fanaticism) who creates a radical religious sect in opposition to Adrian while in France. Juliet: A young noblewoman who joins the Imposter's party to support her baby, but is later killed revealing his imposture.

The subject has been identified with reasonable certainty as Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Leonardo's employer, Ludovico Sforza. Her gaze is directed neither straight ahead, nor toward the viewer, but toward a "third party" beyond the picture's frame. Gallerani holds a small white- coated stoat, known as an ermine. Her dress is comparatively simple, revealing that she is not a noblewoman.

Margery Byset (Bisset, Bissett; also Marjery, Margaret, Marie) was an Irish noblewoman belonging to the Bissett family whose marriage to John Mór Tanister MacDonnell in 1399 laid the basis for the Clan Donald claim to the Glens of Antrim, the lordship of which her family had established in the 13th century. She is the ancestress of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.

Lady Constance Butler with her two pugs, from the cover of a 1903 publication. Lady Constance Butler with one of her pugs, aboard the S. Y. Miranda, from a 1907 publication. Lady Constance Mary Butler (26 March 1879 — 20 April 1949) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman, yachtswoman and antiquarian. Medical volunteer work during World War I led to a later career in radiography.

Princess Zofia Ostrogska () (1595–1622) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman of Ruthenian origin, known as the heiress of one of the greatest fortunes in Poland. She was the wealthiest woman in Poland. She married Stanisław Lubomirski in 1613. Through this marriage he became an owner of 18 towns, 313 villages and 163 granges in the provinces of Kraków, Sandomierz, Ruthenia and Volhynia.

Beatrice di Tenda by Benson John Lossing and William Barritt, from Sarah Josepha Hale's Woman's record. Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda or Beatrice de Tende or Beatrix (c. 1372 – 1418), was an Italian noblewoman who was the wife of Facino Cane, Count of Biandrate and a condottiero, and then wife to Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, who caused her death.

Katharina Alexandra Dorothea Fürstin von Lieven (, tr. ), née Freiin von Benckendorff, 17 December 1785 - 27 January 1857), was a Baltic-German noblewoman and the wife of Prince Christoph Heinrich von Lieven, who served as the Russian ambassador to London between 1812 and 1834. She became an influential figure among many of the diplomatic, political, and social circles of 19th-century Europe.

Richenza (also spelled as Richeza or Richza) ( - before 1083) was a German noblewoman. By her first marriage, she was Countess of Werl. By her second marriage, she was Countess of Northeim, and from 1061 to 1070, Duchess of Bavaria. She is known as Richenza of Swabia based on the theory that she was a daughter of Duke Otto II of Swabia.

Marcia Annia Claudia Alcia Athenais Gavidia Latiaria,Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity () otherwise most commonly known as Athenais ()Graindor, Un milliardaire antique p. 29 (143-161Pomeroy, The murder of Regilla: a case of domestic violence in antiquity) was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent who lived in the Roman Empire.

Elizabeth Danvers née Neville, later Elizabeth Carey by remarriage (1545/50–1630), was an English noblewoman. She was the mother of Sir Charles Danvers, executed in 1601 for his part in the rebellion of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and of Sir John Danvers, one of the commissioners who tried King Charles I and signed the King's death warrant.

During a battle he had a lucky landing in the Sahara Desert with his Fiat Cicogna that caused severe and irreversible vertebral injuries. For the strategy, courage and seriousness he was awarded with a Bronze Medal of Military Valor under dictator Benito Mussolini. Once back home, in 1945, he married the Noblewoman Teresa Bellomo with whom he had two children, Vinia and Vincenzo.

After Messalina was executed in 48 for conspiring with Gaius Silius to overthrow her husband, Claudius considered remarrying for the fourth time. Around this time, Agrippina became the mistress to one of Claudius' advisers, the Greek freedman, Marcus Antonius Pallas. At that time Claudius' advisers were discussing which noblewoman Claudius should marry. Claudius had a reputation that he was easily persuaded.

The whole affair attracted attention and Frederick IV ordered the couple to leave Denmark. They settled in Holstein, where they lived until Bülow's death in 1721. Von Schindel then lived with her sister in Silesia and then in Berlin, before she settled in Flensburg in Denmark in 1750. Her relative was the Silesian noblewoman Catherine von Schindel, Duchess of Bernstadt.

Jana Begum was a Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar, noted for being one of the first women to write a commentary (Arabic: tafsir) on the Qur'an in the 17th century. She was the daughter of the Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, a scholar and general under the Mughal Emperor Akbar.Yoginder Sikand. Bastions of Believers: Madrasas and Islamic Education in India.

Anna Henryka Pustowójtówna (1838 in Stare Wierzchowiska – 1881 in Paris) was a Polish activist and soldier, famed for her participation in the January Uprising. She was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman, Marianna Kossakowska, and of a Russian officer, Teofil Pustaya, of Hungarian origin. He later became a general. After convent schooling in Lublin, she attended a finishing school in Pulawy.

The Foleys rebuilt the stone church completely in 1740. It has five bay arcades in the nave ended by large Tuscan columns. Being privately owned, the church has a communion rail, pews and font in the same period with an impressive wooden pulpit in three decks. There remains an alabaster image of a 15th-century noblewoman with a distinctive headdress.

Atilah Soeryadjaya (Bandoro Raden Ayu (BRAy) Atilah Rapatriati, born 28 April 1961) is an Indonesian theatre producer, director, dancer, businesswoman, and socialite whose career spanned since 2010. She is the Javanese noblewoman through her grandfather, a Surakarta-based Javanese king, Mangkunegara VII. She is married to the business tycoon, Edward Soeryadjaya, son of the founder of Astra International, William Soeryadjaya.

Maria Karolina SobieskaSobieska is the proper spelling of her last name, for she was female (25 November 1697 - 8 May 1740) was a Polish noblewoman, daughter of Jakub Ludwik Sobieski. Known as Marie Charlotte or only Charlotte, she was the Princess of Turenne and later Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Charlotte was the last surviving member of the House of Sobieski.

Margareta of Sternberg (, ) (died aft. 5 June 1365) was a Moravian noblewoman and by marriage Duchess of Bytom. She was the eldest child and only daughter of Jaroslav of Sternberg (Jaroslav ze Šternberka) by his second wife Margareta of Bílina (Machna z Bíliny). Margareta had two full-brothers, Aleš and Jan, and also two older half-brothers, Zdeněk (d. aft.

The western Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko, whose mother was a noblewoman, supported the peasants and in his writings frequently mocked the Ukrainian nobility's feelings of superiority. A western Ukrainian nobleman serves as a protagonist in the story Der Don Juan von Kolomea (The Don Juan of Kolomiya) written by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose mother was from the western Ukrainian nobility.

Sofja Darahastajskaja (Chadkievič, Radzivił). Соф’я Дарагастайская (Хадкевіч, Радзівіл) Zofia z Radziwiłłów Dorohostajska (1577-1614), was a Polish noblewoman. She is known as the central figure of a famous scandal, in which she was exposed with adultery and as a punishment imprisoned by her husband and forced to submit to a life of penitence, an affair that attracted considerable attention in contemporary Poland.

The defeated Chontal Maya lords offered gold, food, clothing and a group of young women in tribute to the victors. Among these women was a young Maya noblewoman called Malintzin, who was given the Spanish name Marina. She spoke Maya and Nahuatl and became the means by which Cortés was able to communicate with the Aztecs.Sharer and Traxler 2006, p. 761.

Asiaticus was of Allobrogian and Roman ancestry. He was the son of the wealthy, prominentJosephus, Death of an Emperor, p.72 and powerfulBowman, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10, p.217 Roman Senator figure Marcus Lollius Paulinus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Saturninus and the noblewoman Valeria Catulla MessallinaSkinner, A Companion to Catullus (Google eBook), who came from a family of consular rank.

Aviator André Jurieux lands at Le Bourget Airfield outside Paris after crossing the Atlantic in his plane. He is greeted by his friend Octave, who tells André that Christine the Austrian-French noblewoman André loveshas not come to greet him. André is heartbroken. When a radio reporter comes to broadcast André's first words upon landing, he explains his sorrow and denounces Christine.

Gian Pietro Carafa was born in Capriglia Irpina, near Avellino, into a prominent noble family of Naples. His father Giovanni Antonio Carafa died in West Flanders in 1516 and his mother Vittoria Camponeschi was the daughter of Pietro Lalle Camponeschi, 5th Conte di Montorio, a Neapolitan nobleman, and wife Dona Maria de Noronha, a Portuguese noblewoman of the House of Pereira.

Rigborg Brockenhuus (1579 - 1641), was a Danish noblewoman and lady-in- waiting. She was the central figure in a famous sexual offence case in 1599. Daughter of nobles Laurids Brockenhuus and Karen Skrams, she was the sister of Jakob Brockenhuus and the maternal aunt of Corfitz Ulfeldt. She became maid of honor to the queen, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg in 1598.

Alonso de Aragón or Alfonso de Aragón (1468 – 24 February 1520) was Archbishop of Zaragoza, Archbishop of Valencia and Lieutenant General of Aragon. Born in Cervera, he was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand II of Aragon by a Catalan noblewoman called Aldonza Ruiz de Ivorra (1452–1516). In his youth his tutor was Antonio Geraldini, brother of the humanist scholar Alessandro Geraldini.

Argula von Grumbach. Argula von Grumbach née von Stauff (1490 – c. 1564) was a Bavarian writer and noblewoman who, starting in the early 1520s, became involved in the Protestant Reformation debates going on in Germany. She became the first Protestant woman writer, publishing letters and poems promoting and defending Martin Luther as well as his co-worker Philip Melanchthon and other Protestant groups.

Meanwhile, Aravis has been spotted by her friend Lasaraleen. She asks Lasaraleen to help her escape from Tashbaan. Lasaraleen cannot understand why Aravis would want to abandon the life of a Calormene noblewoman or refuse marriage with Ahoshta, but she helps Aravis escape through the garden of the Tisroc's palace. On the way, they hide when the Tisroc, Rabadash, and Ahoshta approach.

Leonor de Alvim (1388) was a Portuguese noblewoman. She belonged to a family from Entre-Douro-e-Minho and was the offspring of João Pires de Alvim and his wife Branca Pires Coelho. She became the heir to her father due to the lack of male children. She was born in Reborda, Portugal and married off to Constable Nuno Álvares Pereira.

Self-portrait in the Uffizi Chiara Spinelli later the princess of Belmonte (1744-1823) was an Italian noblewoman and pastellist. Spinelli was born in Naples, the daughter of Troiano, the ninth duke of Laurino. In 1762 she married Antonio Francesco Pignatelli, the prince of Belmonte, becoming his second wife. She was also the mistress of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.

Portrait of Elizabeth Brodie, by Alfred Edward Chalon Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (née Brodie; 20 June 1794 – 31 January 1864), was a Scottish noblewoman. In 1813, she married George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly, afterwards the 5th Duke of Gordon. She was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church but left it and joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1846.

When he was Praetor, Domitius would swindle the prize money of victorious charioteers. Managers would complain, but Domitius decreed that future prizes would be paid on the spot. Domitius was also considered a serious womanizer. The Emperor Tiberius charged him with treason, adultery and incest with his sister and also with adultery with another noblewoman, but the ascension of Caligula saved him.

Isabelle de Craon, Dame de Fougères (born 1212), was a French noblewoman, being the daughter of Amaury I, Sire de Craon, a wealthy baron who was the possessor of many lordships in Anjou and Maine. She was the wife of Raoul III, Sire de Fougères, by whom she had one daughter, Jeanne de Fougères, who became the heiress to her father's seigneury.

Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, covering herself only with her long hair, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Because of the growth of the legend, Lady Godiva has since entered popular culture in a number of countries.

Alpoim was born in Santa Maria Island, the son of Pedro Annes d'Alpoim, one of the first settlers of Azores, and África Anes, a noblewoman, born in Portugal. His wife was Grimanesa Pires, daughter of Pedro Vaz Marinheiro. His son Estêvão de Alpoim was an nobleman from the Royal House of Portugal. He was married to Isabel Velha, possible descendant of Fernão Velho.

Helena Argyre or Argyropoulaina (, , elene) (died c. 1033) was a Byzantine noblewoman of the Argyros family and Queen Consort of Georgia as the first wife of King Bagrat IV of the Bagratids. She was given off in marriage by her uncle, the Byzantine emperor Romanos III Argyros, to the boy-king Bagrat c. 1032. Helena died within a year or so, without issue.

Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln suo jure (1180- 6 June 1241/3 May 1243), was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. Her father was Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester. She was the sister and a co-heiress of Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester. She was created suo jure 1st Countess of Lincoln in 1232.

Conchobar was the son of Donnchad Midi, high-king of Ireland (733–797); his mother was Fuirseach, a noblewoman of the Dál nAraidi. Conchobar married Land, daughter of the former High-King Áed Oirdnide. They had a son named Atrí, who became a cleric at Armagh, as well as three other sons, Cathal, Eochócan, and Cináed.Hudson, "Conchobar mac Donnchada (died 833)".

Alfric, the proctor of the Franciscan friary would be otherwise enjoying his life in the town of Oxford in 1278. However, one of his friars is missing and the town is being disrupted by a noblewoman and her traveling companion, a man calling himself 'The Doctor'. The missing friar turns up dead. Alfric teams up with the two newcomers to solve the mystery.

Isabelle de Meulan, Dame de Mayenne, Dame de Craon (c. 1148 – 10 May 1220) was a French noblewoman, being the daughter of Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, Count of Meulan. Isabelle married twice; firstly to Geoffroy, Seigneur de Mayenne, and secondly to Maurice II, Sire de Craon. Her eldest son Juhel III de Mayenne was a celebrated Crusader.

As she was the namesake of her aunt, she was the third woman named Olympias in the family of Flavius Ablabius who had held consular rank in Constantinople.Budge, Paradise of the Holy Fathers Part 1, p.163 Olympias is the known granddaughter of the Antiochian noblewoman Alexandra and her husband, the wealthy Rhetor Seleucus. Unfortunately little is known of the life of Olympias.

207 Seleucus had one sibling, a sister called Olympias. He was the second man named Seleucus in the family of Flavius Ablabius who had held consular rank in Constantinople. Seleucus is the known grandson of the Antiochian noblewoman Alexandra and her husband, the wealthy Rhetor Seleucus. In his political career, Seleucus appeared to have been a Roman politician of some authority and prestige.

Vipsania (likely born between 28-22 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella to differentiate her from her sisters) was an ancient Roman noblewoman of the first century BC. She was married to the politician Publius Quinctilius Varus and was a daughter of Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his second wife Claudia Marcella Major (the niece of emperor Caesar Augustus).

After a series of adventures the Corsair and his men return to the Thunder with the body. On the night the Corsair buries his brother, he vows to slay Van Guld and all those who bear his name. En route to Tortuga, the pirates attack and capture a Spanish ship. They find a young noblewoman aboard, Honorata Willerman, the Duchess of Weltrendrem.

The 1956 biopic of French noblewoman Diane de Poitiers entitled Diane was based on his story with a screenplay by Christopher Isherwood. He was also the author of numerous publications, including several humorous novels retelling myths and legends, besides essays, criticism, and two volumes of autobiography. These included Penelope's Man and Adam and Eve, Though He Knew Better.Reid, Robin Anne.(2009).

Van Goorle was the son of David van Goorle Sr., a Protestant refugee from Antwerp, who at the time of his birth was treasurer for stadtholder Adolf van Nieuwenaar. His uncle was Abraham Gorlaeus. His mother was a Frisian noblewoman, the daughter of admiral Doecke van Martena, known for his role in the Dutch and Frisian wars of independence.Lüthy 2012, p. 67.

Margaret of Béarn (sometimes Margaret (or Marguerite) of Montcada) (born c. 1245–1250 and died c. 1319) was a noblewoman who ruled (with her husband or for her son) lands near the Pyrenees mountains and in the southwestern part of present-day France. She inherited the lands, assets and title, Viscountess of Béarn, on the death of her father in 1290.

Ursula Katharina von Altenbockum, Princess of Teschen Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, divorced Princess Lubomirska, married Duchess von Württemberg- Winnental (; 25 November 1680 - 4 May 1743), later Imperial Princess of Teschen (), was a Polish-German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, in 1700-1705. In 1722 she married Prince Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental.

The runestone DR 4 raised after Sigtrygg by his mother.Sigtrygg Gnupasson was semi-legendary a king of Denmark of the House of Olaf who ruled in the 10th century, according to Adam of Bremen. Sigtrygg was son of Gnupa and the Danish noblewoman Asfrid. According to Adam, he became a Danish king during the tenure of Archbishop Hoger of Bremen (909–915/7).

Gummarus was a native of Emblehem, referring to an area including Lier and not just the town of Emblem, in Brabant, and a relative of Pippin the Younger, who called him to his court and entrusted him with important offices. The king arranged a marriage between Gummarus and a wealthy noblewoman named Guinmarie, extravagant and haughty.Butler, Alban. “Saint Gummar, or Gomer, Confessor”.

Anna Constantia von Brockdorff Anna Constantia von Brockdorff (17 October 1680 – 31 March 1765), later the Countess of Cosel, was a German lady-in-waiting and noblewoman, and mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, in 1706–1713. Eventually he turned against her and exiled her to Saxony, where she died after 49 years of internal exile.

Juana Enriquez de Córdoba, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (1425 - 13 February 1468, Tarragona), a Castilian noblewoman, was Queen of Navarre from her marriage in April 1444 to King John II and Queen of Aragon from John II's accession in 1458 until her death. She married John three years after the death of his first wife, Queen Blanche I of Navarre.

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo (Raizo Ichikawa) at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman (Manami Fuji). The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police.

Wulviva (or Wulfgifu) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman. Her name survives in that of the Herefordshire village of Woolhope, meaning "Wulfgifu's Hope" (hope = valley). The manor of Woolhope, along with three others, was given to the cathedral at Hereford before the Norman Conquest by Wulviva and her sister (Lady) Godiva. The church has a 20th-century stained glass window showing them.

He currently works under a saddle maker. ;Julietta A noblewoman and friend of Nadia. She is Leonardo's fiancee due to an arranged marriage by their parents decided at their birth. She is a kind gentle woman who has loved Leonardo but he initially did not return her affection and also flirted with many women, saying he didn't want to be tied down.

She began encouraging the Portuguese to war, and as a young, noblewoman and honourable, she did not want to gather with other women in the Church of São João. It was from this description, even as the accounts of Friar Pedro de Frias did not mention them, that the mythification of the heroine began. The construction of the myth was attributed to Francisco Ferreira Drummond, whose Anais da Ilha Terceira reinforced the oral tradition of his native home: :...where it was found, and still exists, the estate, or house, of Bartolomeu Lourenço, landed gentry, where he lived with his wife Brianda Pereira, noblewoman and beautiful girl, with whom he had children. It seems her beauty in the early years was a curiosity to the Castilians, because hers was the first prey that they wanted to sack from her house.

A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman, but of lower rank than the woman to whom she attended. Although she may either have been a retainer or may not have received compensation for the service she rendered, a lady-in-waiting was considered more of a secretary, courtier or companion to her mistress than a servant. In other parts of the world outside Europe, the lady-in-waiting, often referred to as palace woman, was often in practice a servant or a slave rather than a high-ranking woman, but still had about the same tasks, functioning as companion and secretary to her mistress.

He then studied for three years at the University of Jena in Germany. He married twice, first to the noblewoman Elisabeth Posgay, widow of János Ringhoffer, and after her death to Anna Zsuzsanna Bachich, widow of the nobleman Péter Horváth, the Lutheran pastor in Meszlen. Bachich's father was István Bachich, the senior (superintendent) of the Lutheran congregation in Sopron. Neither of the two marriages produced children.

Vipsania (likely born between 27-21 BC and sometimes called Vipsania Marcella Minor or Vipsania Marcellina to diferentiate her from her sisters) was an ancient Roman noblewoman of the first century BC. She was married to the politician Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and was likely the daughter of Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his second wife Claudia Marcella Major (the niece of emperor Caesar Augustus).

Chief Wuraola Adepeju Esan (1909–1985) was a Nigerian teacher, feminist and politician. She combined her political ambitions with those of a traditional noblewoman by serving as the Iyalode of Ibadan.Roberta Ann Dunbar. Reviewed Work(s): "People and Empires in African History: Essays in Memory of Michael Crowder" by J. F. Ade Ajayi; J. D. Y. Peel; Michael Crowder, The Journal of African History, Vol.

Monime, sometimes known as Monima (; died 72/71 BC), was a Macedonian Greek noblewoman from Anatolia and one of the wives of King Mithridates VI of Pontus. According to the ancient sources she was a citizen of either Miletus or Stratonicea, Caria. Monime was the daughter of a prominent citizen called Philopoemen.Mayor, The Poison King: the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome’s deadliest enemy p.

Louise Eleonore von Wreech née. von Schöning (1707–1784), in a painting by Antoine Pesne in 1737 Luise Eleonore von Wreech (1708 in Tamsel – 1784 in Berlin) was a Prussian noblewoman. Born Luise Eleonore von Schöning, she was the daughter of Johann (Hans) Ludwig Schöning and granddaughter of Hans Adam von Schöning and heiress of Castle Tamsel. She was the wife of Colonel Adam Friedrich von Wreech.

Louise Borgia (17 May 1500 - 1553) was a French noblewoman and Duchess of Valentinois, having succeeded to the title upon the death of her father Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, in 1507 when she was almost seven years old. She was also Dame de Chalus, a title she inherited from her mother Charlotte of Albret. She was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.

The face of Ilaria del Carretto from her tomb, sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia. Tomb and monument of Ilaria del Carretto by Jacopo della Quercia, ca. 1413 (plaster cast in Moscow) Coat of arms of the House of Del Carretto Ilaria del Carretto (1379 – 8 December 1405) was an Italian noblewoman and the second wife of Paolo Guinigi, the lord of Lucca from 1400 to 1430.

He participated in Savonarola's Bonfire of the Vanities, and documented the destruction of art worth "several thousand ducats". He was supported in his writing by noblewoman Lucrezia de' Medici (1470–1553). They were both interested in the works of poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). In 1506, Benivieni published an edition of the Divine Comedy with maps by Antonio Manetti (1423–1497) and commentary by Manetti and Benivieni.

He also received military aid from Henry for his intervention in the Kievan succession crisis. In return, Bolesław swore an oath of allegiance, promised to support Henry's bid for the crown of Holy Roman Emperor and aid him in his Italian campaigns. To confirm the alliance, Bolesław's son Mieszko II Lambert married the German noblewoman Richeza of Lotharingia, a distant relative of King Henry.

Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 16 December 1673 in Langenburg; died: 18 August 1743 in Hagen) was a German noblewoman by birth and by marriage Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe. Johanna Sophia was the sixth daughter of Count Henry Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his second wife Dorothea Juliana, Countess of Castell-Remlingen. Besides her beauty, she was also a clever and apt pupil.

She also inherited vast wealth, which she administered on behalf of her son Ivan. During the Raskol, because Archpriest Avvakum was her confessor, Feodosia joined the Old Believers' movement and secretly took monastic vows with the name Theodora. She played an important role in convincing her sister, Princess Evdokia Urusova, to join the Old Believers. They were also joined by fellow noblewoman Maria Danilova.

In Tabasco, Cortés anchored his ships at Potonchán, a Chontal Maya town. The Maya prepared for battle but the Spanish horses and firearms quickly decided the outcome. The defeated Chontal Maya lords offered gold, food, clothing and a group of young women in tribute to the victors. Among these women was a young Maya noblewoman called Malintzin, who was given the Spanish name Marina.

The historical origins of the comune of Camporotondo Etneo go back to the 17th century when the marquise Diego Reitano obtained its property from Antonio Reitano. At that time the name of the town was not Camporotondo Etneo but Camporeale. Reitano was married with Teresa Mauroli, a noblewoman originary from Messina. In 1730, Camporotondo was a marquisate and, in 1733, Reitano became senator of Messina.

Her paternal grandmother was Italian noblewoman Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was the daughter of an Italian prince and an American socialite. When Teri announced that she was pregnant, Frank's family paid her a sum to terminate the pregnancy. Teri took the money, but violated the agreement and gave birth to Shields. Frank married Teri, but they were divorced when Shields was five months old.

Anne Geneviève de Lévis (February 1673 - 20 March 1727) was a French noblewoman. She was Princess of Turenne by her first marriage and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by her second marriage. Anne Geneviève was the only child of Madame de Ventadour, governess of the young Louis XV. She married twice and had children with her second husband. She died in Paris aged fifty-four.

Elizabeth accepted this and seemed untroubled. Some also reported that Ní Mháille had sneezed and was given a lace-edged handkerchief from a noblewoman. She apparently blew her nose into it and then threw the cloth into a nearby fireplace, much to the shock of the court. Ní Mháille informed everyone that in Ireland, a used handkerchief was considered dirty and was properly destroyed.

Cunizza da Romano (born c. 1198) was an Italian noblewoman, the third daughter of Ezzelino II da Romano and Adelaide di Mangona, and sister to Ezzelino III and Alberico da Romano. As a young girl, Cunizza married Riccardo di San Bonifacio, Lord of Verona, but eloped with the court poet Sordello, who took her to his parents' house. Later she married Aimerio of the Counts of Braganze.

Fujiwara no Teishi (藤原呈子, also read Fujiwara no Shimeko; 1131 – October 23, 1176) was a Japanese noblewoman (nyoin) of the late Heian period. She was a consort to Emperor Konoe but did not bear him any children and entered religious orders in her mid twenties. Her dharma name was Shōjōkan (清浄観) and her ingō was Kujō-in (九条院).

Christence (Christenze) Kruckow (circa 1558 – 26 June 1621) was a Danish noblewoman and alleged witch. She was one of few members of nobility executed for sorcery in Scandinavia. As was the custom for children of the nobility, Christenze was sent to be brought up in a noble family other than her own, and she was raised at the estate Nakkebölle by Eiler Brockenhuus and his wife.

Estudio Hermenéutica Histórica. Comisión provincial de Monumentos Históricos de Canarias, Tenerife ,1916. (Béthencourt Alfonso cites, however, 670 foot soldiers and 80 horsemenBethencourt Alfonso, J: Historia del Pueblo Guanche II Lemus editor, La Laguna, 1997). Five hundred Castilian soldiers were added to this force, a group that included survivors of the First Battle of Acentejo and a small contingent sent by Doña Inés Peraza, a noblewoman of Lanzarote.

After the trial was over, an English noblewoman living in Milan wrote to the court a letter under the name "Mrs Taylor". The woman asked for a meeting to give her account of a story. In 1923, she gave shelter to a homeless man found wandering in the streets, dressed in an old military uniform. She gave him a meal, new clothes and some food.

He was the second son of Gustav Vasa (1523–60). His mother was Margaret Leijonhufvud (1514–51), a Swedish noblewoman. As a Duke of Finland, he opposed his half-brother Eric XIV of Sweden (1560–68) and was imprisoned in 1563. After his release from prison, probably because of his brother's insanity (see Sture Murders), John again joined the opposition, deposed Eric and made himself the king.

Reni or Sirani, supposedly from life, praised by Stendhal, Dickens, and Hawthorne and inspiring Shelley's verse play of her life. Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father, Count Francesco Cenci. The subsequent, lurid murder trial in Rome gave rise to an enduring legend about her. She was condemned and beheaded for the crime in 1599.

Portrait of a Princess by Pisanello - the sitter may be Ginevra. Ginevra d'Este (24 March 1419 - 12 October 1440) was an Italian noblewoman. She and her twin sister Lucia (died 1437) were daughters of Niccolò III d'Este and his second wife Parisina Malatesta - they also had a younger brother, who died aged a few months. She was the first of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta's three wives.

Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005. Walsingham is a major centre of pilgrimage. In 1061, according to the Walsingham legend, an Anglo- Saxon noblewoman, Richeldis de Faverches, had a vision of the Virgin Mary in which she was instructed to build a replica of the house of the Holy Family in Nazareth in honour of the Annunciation.

He has thoroughly studied Dunstan's motives, knowing that the old man is clever enough to take into account the possibility of Good Doji masters refusing to participate in the Hundred Machine Funeral. ; :Rune is Yamato's friend and classmate. He acts collectedly, and often shows concern for Yamato. During the Heian era, he was originally a young noblewoman, Lady Gekko, who held romantic feelings toward the bandit Yamato.

Josephus's paternal grandparents were Josephus and his wife—an unnamed Hebrew noblewoman, distant relatives of each other and direct descendants of Simon Psellus. Josephus's family was wealthy. He descended through his father from the priestly order of the Jehoiarib, which was the first of the 24 orders of priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. Josephus was a descendant of the High Priest of Israel Jonathan Apphus.

Anna Dandolo (; 1217-1258) was a Venetian noblewoman who became Queen of Serbia as the third wife of King Stefan the First-Crowned, founder of the Serbian kingdom. She was crowned with Stefan in 1217, and she held this title until his death on 24 September 1228. She was the granddaughter of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice. King Stefan Uroš I was her son.

Margaret O'Carroll (also known as: Máireg Bean Uí Chonchubhair Fáilghe, Mairgréag Ní Chearbhaill, Margaret O'Connor, or Failge) was a fifteenth- century Gaelic Irish noblewoman (d. 1451 in Ireland) who was mainly remembered for her hospitality and piety. She earned the nickname Mairgréag an Einigh ('Margaret of the Hospitality') after hosting two incredible feasts in the year 1433 and went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1445.

Eugenie "Zhenya" Peterson was born on May 12, 1899 in Riga in the Russian Empire (now Latvia), to Vasili Peterson, a Swedish bank director, and Aleksandra Labunskaya, a Russian noblewoman who acted at the Nezlobina Theatre. Eugenie was given a Russian Orthodox baptism. She went to high school in Saint Petersburg, graduating with a gold medal in 1917. She briefly attended drama school in Moscow.

Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Huntingdon (6 January 1588 – 20 January 1633) was an English noblewoman and writer who was third in line of succession to the English throne. She was the wife of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon. She was also styled Lady Hastings of Hungerford and Lady Botreaux as her husband held both of these titles in addition to the Earl of Huntingdon.Profile, thepeerage.

Catharina Ulrika Hjort af Ornäs (6 January 1767 – 11 January 1837) was a Swedish noblewoman and the victim of a murder case which was famous in contemporary Sweden. She died after having been subjected to abuse by her spouse and confined in a single room in her home for 33 years, after having been afflicted by a possible postpartum depression, and eventually succumbed to starvation and exhaustion.

Kirizmić was from Prizren, the son of Rajko Kirizmić. In 1354, a Bogdan, the son of noblewoman Višeslava was mentioned; this was either Bogdan Kirizmić or kaznac Bogdan (fl. 1363). Kirizmić was first mentioned in Ragusan documents in 1358, as a merchant in Prizren. At the end of July 1361, the emissaries of Emperor Uroš V, Kirizmić and a Marko (possibly Marko Mrnjavčević), arrived at Ragusa (Dubrovnik).

The child of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his second marriage to the Anatolian Greek Macedonian noblewoman and Pontian Queen Monime, she was a princess of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. Born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontos, her parents gave her a traditional ancient Greek name. Athenais married the Cappadocian Prince and later King Ariobarzanes II Philopator, who was of Persian and Greek descent.

Allen, W.E.D. (1964), Trivia Historiae Ibericae, 2-4. Bedi Kartlisa, 17-18; 45-46: p. 166. The Shaburidze were enfeoffed by the Georgian crown with a duchy in the upper Aragvi valley in northeast Georgia, and grew influential enough to produce dynastic marriages with the Royal House of Georgia. Thus, an unnamed noblewoman of the Shaburidze clan became the queen consort of Vakhtang III of Georgia (r.

Marie de Brimeu (born ca. 1550, Megen, North Brabant, died Liège, 18 April 1605), was a Flemish noblewoman known for her knowledge of botany and horticulture. She inherited her titles from her uncle, Charles de Brimeu, Count of Meghem, when he died in 1572, becoming the Countess of Meghem. Her second marriage in 1580 to Charles III, Prince of Chimay, elevated her to the rank of Princess.

Maud of Gloucester, Countess of Chester (died 29 July 1189), also known as Matilda, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and the daughter of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, and Mabel, daughter and heiress of Robert fitz Hamon.Complete Peerage, v. III, p. 167. Her husband was Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester (died 16 December 1153).

In Tuscany, he married an Italian noblewoman, Margherita Aldobrandesca, the Lady of Sovana.David Baldwin, Elizabeth Woodville: Mother of the Princes in the Tower, (The History Press, 2010), Genealogical table 4. With her he had two daughters:Margherita, ward of Benedetto Cardinal Caetani, survived him and went on to be married four times more. (G. Ciacchi, Gli Aldobrandeschi nella storia e nella 'Divina Commedia' , (Rome) 1935, vol.

A common man, Lisardo, and a noblewoman, Belisa, are two young lovers. They first meet after Belisa fainted in order to get away from Octavio; she triggered this fainting spell by ingesting Steel Water. After the water "cured" her, she meets Lisardo and believes it was love at first sight. The issue that arises then, involves Belisa's father, who has promised her to Octavio.

Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly (fl. 1566), was a Scottish noblewoman and the wife of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scotland's leading Catholic magnate during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1562, Elizabeth encouraged her husband to raise forces against Queen Mary which led to his being outlawed, and after his death, his titles forfeited to the Crown.Antonia Fraser, Mary, Queen of Scots, p.

The jury consisted of 27 men from the nobility. Of these, at least ten had close ties to the Stanley family. There is little doubt that Anne Stanley's influential mother and sisters made efforts to influence the case in their favour. Anne Stanley and her daughter Elizabeth Audley did not appear in court; it was unthinkable that a noblewoman would speak publicly about sexual matters.

Of Norman origin, the Banfields were an Irish family in the 16th century. The ancestor Thomas Banfield, an officer in the British army, while in Bavaria married an Austrian noblewoman. He took part in the Crimean War and died after the taking of Sevastopol. His son Richard Banfield, born in Vienna in 1836 and educated in Austria, chose Austrian citizenship, became an officer of the k.u.k.

Finola O'Donnell (), also known as Nuala O'Donnell, was a 15th-century Irish noblewoman remembered for cofounding the Franciscan Monastery in Donegal. Finola was born to O’Brien (Conor-na-Srona) and later married to Hugh Roe O’Donnell, son of Niall Garve O’Donnell. Sources record her as having been a very charitable woman. In 1474, Finola O’Donnell helped establish the Franciscan Monastery in Donegal with her husband.

Keynes, "Eadwig". PASE s.v. / These dangling clues, unsatisfying as they are in themselves, have been used to construct two possible—-and possibly compatible—-genealogies for Ælfgifu, both of which ascribe to her a degree of royal rank. One theory espoused by Cyril Hart and considered by Pauline Stafford makes her a noblewoman of Mercian stock, who descended from Ealdorman Æthelfrith of MerciaS 367, 367a, 371.

A contemporary portrait of the Countess of Houdetot Elisabeth Françoise Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde, Comtesse d'Houdetot (18 December 1730 – 28 January 1813) was a French noblewoman. She is remembered primarily for the brief but intense love she inspired in Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1757, but she was also for fifty years in a relationship with the poet and academician Jean François de Saint- Lambert.

Sarah Garrow Garrow had an irregular relationship with Sarah Dore, who had previously borne a son, William Arthur Dore Hill, by Arthur Hill, Viscount Fairford in 1778. Garrow Society web-site . Thomas Hague has suggested that Dore was an Irish noblewoman Garrow had seduced, but the only intent of his writings was to disparage Garrow, and there is no evidence to support his claim.Hostettler (2006) p.60.

This story follows Donata, daughter of a wealthy noble in 1592. VENICE, ITALY 1592. Donata Mocenigo, daughter to one of the city's noble families, leads a life of wealthy privilege. But constrained by the strict rules of etiquette a young noblewoman must observe, she longs to throw off her veil and wander freely around the vibrant city she can see only from her balcony.

Eleonora d'Este (19 June 1537, Ferrara – 19 February 1581) was a Ferrarese noblewoman. She was the fourth daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and his wife Renée of France, the second daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. She and her elder sister Lucrezia d'Este were the dedicatees of Torquato Tasso's poem O figlie di Renata (O daughters of Renata).

Princess Klementyna Czartoryska (1780-1852) was a Polish noblewoman, the author of a diary, which has been published. She was the daughter of Józef Klemens Czartoryski and Dorota Barbara Jabłonowska. She married Prince Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko on 26 June 1798 in Slavuta and had three children: Dorota (1799-1831), Roman (1800-81), and Władysław (1803–70). Her husband, meanwhile, was having an affair with Julia Lubomirska.

Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland (21 March 1807 – 2 July 1858), was a British noblewoman. Born the fifth illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom (then Duke of Clarence) by his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. Amelia had four sisters and five brothers, all surnamed FitzClarence. Soon after their father became monarch, the FitzClarence children were raised to the ranks of younger children of a marquess.

Guglielma (1210 - 24 October 1281) (Wilhelmina of Bohemia, Vilemína Česká, Guglielmina Boema) Daughter of Ottokar I of Bohemia, was an Italian noblewoman, of the 13th century. She practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate. She is now the unofficial patron saint of Brunate. A painting from ca.

The images were on the vault of a tomb of a Roman noblewoman who converted to Christianity. Mazzei believes these images provided the standard for subsequent Christian iconography. These were also the earliest known depictions of Andrew and John. The images were uncovered by removing with a laser the calcium deposits that obscured them, the first time the technique was used in the catacombs.

341) The Navigationi were probably written in an effort to advertise his accomplishments, and rescue his family name. Upon his return, Cadamosto managed to recover some of his family's property from his Querini relatives and, a couple of years later, married Elisabetta di Giorgio Venier, a rich noblewoman but of frail health – she died without bearing him a child.A. da Mosto (1883), Verrier (1994: p.

Occula relates her own past: her father, a jewel-merchant, brought her across the desert to Bekla. They were received by Fornis, a noblewoman whom a coup would shortly elevate to the priestess-like status of Sacred Queen. Fornis had Occula's father murdered and his emeralds incorporated into the Sacred Queen's crown. Occula was sold as a slave; since then, she has been employed in prostitution.

Zofia Potocka née Clavone (; 11 January 1760 – 24 November 1822) was a Greek slave courtesan and a Russian agent, later a Polish noblewoman. She was famous in contemporary Europe for her beauty and adventurous life. During the Russo- Turkish War (1787–1792) she was the lover of the Russian commander prince Grigory Potemkin and acted as an agent in Russian service.Simon Sebag Montefiore (2006).

Luigia Cattaneo-Gentile, also known as A Noblewoman from Genoa is a portrait painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck. It is on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 200. The portrait was probably painted in 1622, during Van Dyck's lengthy stay in Genoa, where he became the official portraitist of the members of the Genoese aristocracy.

Princess Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover (born Countess Isabella Maria von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli, 12 December 1962 – 29 November 1988) was an Austrian model, socialite, and noblewoman. She was a princess of the House of Hanover through her marriage to Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover. She died of a drug overdose in 1988, which reportedly led to her husband's suicide later that day.

Elizabeth Norris, 3rd Baroness Norreys of Rycote, suo jure (c. 1603 – November 1645) was an English noblewoman and a baroness. She was the wife of Edward Wray, Groom of the Bedchamber to King James I of England, with whom she eloped in 1622, and incurred the king's displeasure as she was his ward. Elizabeth and her elopement was allegedly the inspiration for Orlando Gibbons Fantazies.

Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique de Figueroa (born c. 1500, died 1524) was a Spanish noblewoman, the only surviving daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (d. 1515), a Spanish general involved with the Italian Wars and viceroy of Naples from 1503 to 1507, and his second wife Maria Manrique de Lara y Espinoza (d. 1527). In 1518 she married a cousin, Luis Fernández de Córdoba.

Zofia Oleśnicka Zofia Oleśnicka (Pieskowa Skała ? - c.1567) was a Polish Calvinist noblewoman, for many years considered to be the first Polish woman poet for a collection of Protestant hymns published in Cracow in 1556. However more recent scholarship has questioned the attribution of this collection to Zofia, and has ascribed the poems to Cyprian Bazylik, a poet and composer among the Calvinist nobility.

Pedius married a Roman noblewoman called Valeria, one of the sisters of the Roman Senator Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and thus a daughter of Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger and his wife, Polla.Syme, R., Augustan Aristocracy, pages 20 and 206. Pedius and Valeria had at least one child, a son named Quintus Pedius Publicola. Publicola became a Roman Senator, who distinguished himself with his oratory.

"Patrick Leigh Fermor's final volume will be published", The Guardian (20 December 2011). Leigh Fermor arrived in Istanbul on 1 January 1935, then continued to travel around Greece. In March he was involved in the campaign of royalist forces in Macedonia against an attempted Republican revolt. In Athens he met Balasha Cantacuzène (Bălaşa Cantacuzino), a Romanian Phanariote noblewoman, with whom he fell in love.

Beatrice of Silva, O.I.C., also known (in Spanish) as Beatriz da Silva y de Menezes and (in Portuguese) as Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492) was a noblewoman of Portugal, who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady in Spain. She is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

He died there four years later, on 1 September 1924 of pneumonia. After his death, the summer cottage was confiscated and Taghiyev's family members were driven out of it. His wife Sona, once a wealthy, educated and charitable noblewoman of the Caucasus, died in misery on the streets of Baku in 1938. The Azerbaijan State Museum of History is located in the former Taghiyev mansion in Baku.

Eleonore von Grothaus, also Countess Eleonore von Münster (10 April 1734 – 26 March 1794), was a German noblewoman, a writer and poet, and a lay musician. She may have assembled a collection of writings and music, the Ledenburg Collection from the manor house where she was born. The collection held music by notable 18th-century composers that seemed lost until it was rediscovered in 2015.

Nils Sveinsson was on the 20th of July 1505 ennobled by John, King of Denmark under the name Tordenstjerne (lit. Thunder Star) for his braveness in the capture of Vänersborg in Sweden. He achieved as well the title squire (Norwegian: væpner). It is said that he first was married to the Swedish noblewoman Eline Henriksdotter Måneskjold av Rise, but that the marriage was childless.

Isabel Ponce de León (died 1367) was a Spanish noblewoman from the Ponce de León family. She was the daughter of Pedro Ponce de León, lord of Pueblo de Asturias, Cangas and Tineo, and Sancha Gil de Chacim. She was the lady of Villanueva de los Infantes, Castrelo, and Espinosa, and great-great- granddaughter of King Alfonso IX of León. She married Pedro Fernández de Castro.

Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (; , Ива́нова; March 22, 1730 – December 27, 1801), commonly known as Saltychikha (), was a Russian noblewoman, sadist, and serial killer from Moscow, who became notorious for torturing and killing most of her serfs, mostly females. Saltykova has been compared to the earlier Hungarian "Blood Countess", Elizabeth Báthory, who committed similar crimes in her home, Čachtice Castle, against servant girls and local serfs.

Alberico was born in the castle of San Zenone to Ezzelino II da Romano and Adelaide Alberti di Mangona. He was brother of Ezzelino III and Cunizza. He married twice. From his first marriage, to a noblewoman from Vicenza named Beatrice, he had one daughter, Adelaide, who married Rinaldo d'Este in 1235, and five sons: Ezzelino, killed in battle in 1243; Alberico; Romano; Ugolino; and Giovanni.

In the first scene (1895–97) of the Lippe succession dispute, it was claimed on part of the Schaumburg-Lippe that count Ernest's paternal grandmother, noblewoman Modeste Dorothea Christiane von Unruh (1781-1854) (who belonged to a family of lower nobility) was not of high enough birth to be legitimately a dynastic wife - that would have made progeny born of her ineligible to succeed.

Serena portrayed with her husband Stilicho and son Eucherius, ca. 400. Serena (died 409) was a Christian noblewoman of the late Western Roman Empire. In 384, Theodosius arranged her marriage to a rising military officer, Stilicho.Stephen Williams & Gerard Friell, Theodosius: the Empire at Bay, (Routledge, 1994): 42, 189 Stilicho's marriage to Serena ensured his loyalty to the House of Theodosius in the years ahead.

KatherineIn most pedigrees of Fitzgerald, her name is mentioned under her French form "Catherine" while in the Irish version, her name is Caitilin especially in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland. Fitzgerald (c.1452-1506) was an Anglo-Irish Noblewoman of the Geraldine's dynasty, during the 15th century. At the time of her birth, her family was one of the most influential houses of Ireland.

Pujie (; 16 April 1907 – 28 February 1994) was a Qing dynasty imperial prince of Manchu descent. He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty. Pujie was the younger brother of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Pujie went to Japan, where he was educated and married to Saga Hiro, a Japanese noblewoman.

In 1935, when Pujie returned to China from his studies in Japan, Puyi tried to help his brother find a Manchu wife. Pujie met one Wang Mintong (王敏彤) but they never married. Pujie eventually married Saga Hiro, a Japanese noblewoman related to the Japanese imperial family, under an arranged marriage. They had two daughters: Huisheng (1938–1957) and Husheng (嫮生; born 1940).

Princess Marianna Lubomirska (1693-1729) was a Polish noblewoman magnate. She was heiress of large Ostróg estates. Daughter of Grand Marshal of the Crown Józef Karol Lubomirski, the son of Voivode of Kraków Aleksander Michał Lubomirski and Princess Helena Tekla Ossolińska and Princes Teofila Ludwika Zasławska, the daughter of Prince Władysław Dominik Zasławski and Katarzyna Sobieska (sister of King of Poland Jan III Sobieski).

Lady Frederick Campbell, portrait by Thomas Gainsborough Mary Shirley, Countess Ferrers (c.1730 - 25 July 1807), formerly Mary Meredith, later Lady Frederick Campbell, was an English noblewoman. Mary was the youngest daughter of Amos Meredith of Henbury, Cheshire, and his wife, the former Joanna Cholmondeley. Her brother, William, was an MP and became 3rd Baronet Meredith in 1752, on the death of his grandfather.

Anna Tyszkiewicz (1779–1867) was a Polish noblewoman and diarist. Anna was the daughter of Ludwik Tyszkiewicz and Konstancja Poniatowska, and married Aleksander Stanisław Potocki on 15 May 1805 in Wilno, divorced him in 1821 and remarried Stanisław Dunin-Wąsowicz. Her diary was written between the years 1794 and 1820, and are regarded as an important historical source. It was published in 1897–98.

Meanwhile, Sophie runs away from home soon after Tom is banished, in order to escape the attentions of the loathed Blifil. After narrowly missing each other at the Upton Inn, Tom and Sophie arrive separately in London. There, Tom attracts the attention of Lady Bellaston, a noblewoman over 40 years of age who is attracted to the "pretty boy". She is rich, beautiful, and completely amoral.

Ida Hancock Ross (born Ida Haraszthy; 1843 – March 15, 1913) was the owner of the Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles County, including the La Brea Tar Pits. When she died, she was one of the richest women in California. Ross was born in Imperial, Illinois. Her mother, Eleonora de Dedinsky, was a noblewoman of Polish descent whose family had lived in Hungary for centuries.

In 1961, a collection of gold and silver tableware, jewelry and pearls from the 16th and 17th century, was found at the medieval stronghold.Kostanecki, p. 32 Named the , it is considered one of the most valuable treasures found in Poland in the 20th century. The treasure belonged to Polish noblewoman Zofia Piwowa, who probably buried it during the Swedish invasion of Poland around 1655.

Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen (12 May 1703, Castell - 8 January 1777, Herrnhut) was a German noblewoman of the house of Castell-Remlingen. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen by his second wife Dorothea Renate of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf - Wolfgang Dietrich had fourteen children altogether, of whom Sophie Theodora was the twelfth child and tenth daughter.

Zarantha: a noblewoman who was sent to the Empire of the Axe for schooling when she was discovered to be a mage. She plans to create a mage academy in her native land, as without proper training and protection the mages there usually die before coming into their powers. She befriends Bazhell and Brandark, and they help her get home. Wencit of Rūm: an ancient white sorcerer.

In c. 319 BC, Pyrrhus was born to prince Aeacides of Epirus,At Pyrrhus' birth in 319 BC, Aeacides was only a prince and his father, Arrybas, ruled Epirus as a regent to the underaged King Neoptolemus. and Phthia, a Thessalian noblewoman, the daughter of the Thessalian general Menon. Aeacides was a cousin of Olympias, making Pyrrhus a second-cousin-once-removed to Alexander the Great.

Sophia Eleonora Rosenhane, as married Jennings, (29 August 1757 – 21 August 1837) was a Swedish patron and noblewoman. At the national portrait gallery at Gripsholm Castle, her portrait was featured amongst six of the most famous Swedish women in history. She became known as a financier and respected patron of the arts. After her death she was buried at the family grave in Husby- Oppunda.

Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick (c. 1238 - 16/18 April 1301) was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere. Her second husband was William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, a celebrated soldier. Through her daughter, Isabella, Maud was the maternal grandmother of Hugh the younger Despenser, the unpopular favourite of King Edward II of England, who was executed in 1326.

Dorothea of Mansfeld was a noblewoman, and one of the most famous female healers in Germany. She was born around 1493 and died in 1578. She was one of twelve children born to Count Philip of Solms-Lich and Adriana of Hanua Munzenberg. Dorothea's passion for medicine was influenced by her elder brother, Count Reinhard I of Solms-Lich, who was educated in medicine.

Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman. She was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margherita Aldobrandini, niece of Pope Clement VIII. On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este, widower of her sister Maria Farnese. The couple had one child, Vittoria (1649–1656), and Vittoria died in Modena, giving birth to her.

Susanna Leveson-Gower, Marchioness of Stafford (née Lady Susanna Stewart) (1742–1805), styled Lady Susanna Stewart from 1742 to 1768, Countess Gower until 1786, Marchioness of Stafford until 1803 and Dowager Marchioness of Stafford until her death in 1805, was a British noblewoman, who in 1768 became the wife of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and a member of the Leveson-Gower family.

Sophie Fuller: "Devoted Attention": Looking for Lesbian Musicians in Fin-de-siecle Britain, in Queer episodes in music and modern identity. University of Illinois Press, 2002 , . Fuller, however, knows nothing about her later life and considers her a real Russian noblewoman. On 21 February 1904 there was a performance of her Petersburg stage music in East Stonehouse at Plymouth, which Baroness Overbeck conducted herself.

Nicoletta Pasquale was a noblewoman of Messina, a poetess and intellectual, about whose education and private life very little is known. She was mentioned by the historian Antonino Mongitore in his biographical work Bibliotheca Sicula, which in turn was used as a source for the work L'istoria della volgar poesia (History of vernacular poetry) by the literary critic Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, first published in 1698.

N. B.Troubetskaya Nadezhda Borisovna Trubetskaya (1812 - 1909), was a Russian noblewoman and courtier. She was noted for her philanthropy, and was one of the most known philanthropists in 19th-century Russia, contributing to 40 charity organizations in care for orphans, the homeless and the Red Cross, as well as the medical care during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), for which she became famous.

The Portrait of a Young Woman, also known as La Muta, is a portrait by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, c. 1507–1508. It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, in Urbino. The picture portrays an unknown noblewoman over a near-black background, showing some Leonardesque influences. Although only recently attributed to Raphael, it is ranked among the best portraits by his hand.

He was the younger son of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, his mother being the Russian noblewoman Countess Catherine Woronzow (or Vorontsov), daughter of the Russian ambassador to St James's, Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov.Woronzow, HumphrysFamilyTree, accessed 4 April 2012Lundy, Darryl. Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, ThePeerage.com, accessed 23 May 2012 The Woronzow Road in St John's Wood, London, is named after the family.