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Recent Examples of marchionessMultiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.—Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024 Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024 Vanity Fair reported that the marchioness sent him a legal notice.—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024 The marchioness is among the seven patrons for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), which provides care and support for young children faced with life-threatening diseases.—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023 The wife of a marquis, incidentally, is called a marchioness.—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 Her closest friend was the adventurous Nadejda Mountbatten, marchioness of Milford Haven.—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016 For women, the titles are: duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness.—Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 May 2018 The Queen can choose from five titles for a man -- duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron -- and for a woman -- duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness.—Angela Dewan, CNN, 19 May 2018
Set in 1806, the film follows a Russian military officer (Anton Walbrook) who seeks to learn the secret of a countess (Edith Evans) who purportedly sold her soul in exchange for learning the secret to winning high-stakes card games.
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Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort.
End your meal with chestnut mont blanc or chocolate olive oil marquise for dessert.
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Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
The pair, who were first romantically linked in December 2023, kept warm enough as the Emilia Pérez star extended her leg across his stomach and held onto his face — showing off her marquise cut diamond ring from when Blanco popped the question on Dec. 11.
While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
Maybe Kate can get Parton to hop back across the pond to play a few songs and, as a real Southern gentlewoman, teach those rather provincial Brits how to properly serve tea.
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Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
28 Aug. 2023
In the north, Solomon knew, young oblates, the cherished daughters of gentlewomen, were given to the Lord out of the ranks of the nobility.
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