"Countess" as a given name: not just in France

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"Countess" as a given name: not just in France

Legg inn av Tony Hoskins » 10 aug 2007 00:12:25

Having not read the entire thread, forgive me if this has already been
pointed out:

Leo wrote: "Just because in France and in French there has been a
woman with the given name "Comtesse" does not make "Countess" a given
name."

But, I can cite at least one non-French case:

Contessina de' Bardi (say 1396-aft 1464) [wife of Cosimo 'Pater Patrie'
de' Medici], daughter of Giovanni de' Bardi, count of Vernio.

Perhaps it might be argued that she was called by the *title* "Little
Countess" (her father being a count), having perhaps another "real"
given name. But, the fact remains that she was called Contessina, as
though it were a given name.

Tony

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