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Recent Examples of marchionessIn 2020, Emma, previously Viscountess Weymouth, became Britain's first Black marchioness when her husband inherited the title upon the death of his father.—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026 Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024 Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.—Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 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 For women, the titles are: duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess, and baroness.—Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 23 May 2018 Her closest friend was the adventurous Nadejda Mountbatten, marchioness of Milford Haven.—Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 30 Sep. 2016
But the countess couldn’t stop wondering where Alberta’s dress could be.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Following her turn as a countess in last summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, and as a duchess in the Metropolitan Opera’s La Fille du Régiment in October, the actress will play the title role in The Misanthrope from June through August.
She is accompanied on her travels by a wealthy baroness, whom the other women come to understand is her lover.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2026
Streep starred as a Danish baroness who falls in love with a big-game hunter, played by Redford, while running a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya in the epic romantic drama.
Benny Blanco's proposal to Gomez in December 2024 included a Taco Bell picnic and a luxe marquise diamond ring.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Ritani is a great pick for those who want options, with 10 different shape varieties to choose from, including classics like round, cushion, and oval, as well as marquise, pear, and heart.
Season 3 of Bridgerton sees the new viscountess expecting her first child, and in the books, the pair welcome four children total: Edmund, Miles, Charlotte, and Mary.
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Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
And while the past tenants of Royal Lodge exuded an elegant lore for the highbrow interests of a viscountess, the Jeffrey Epstein–associated Andrew is shrouded in such scandal that if Royal Lodge had been put on the real estate market, the listing price might have knocked down a few million.
Those laughs are balanced with real world issues, and a longing for these gentlewomen locked into the suffocating zeitgeist of early 1800s British Regency.
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David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
12 Dec. 2025
Social status and fashion conspired to make gentlewomen’s footwear of every sort flimsy.