"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 » 09 aug 2007 23:58:28

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, daughter of Giovanni de' Bardi, count of Vernio.
Perhaps it might be argued that she was called by her title (her father
beinga count), as it were, 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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