Lady [Title]

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Lady [Title] is a formal style of address used in the British peerage system for certain female nobles, such as the wives or daughters of lords and peers.

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Label Occurrences
Lady [Title] canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
style of address ⓘ
addressForm spoken as “Lady” followed by given name or title ⓘ
written as “Lady” followed by surname or territorial designation ⓘ
appliesTo daughters of peers ⓘ
wives of peers ⓘ
women holding certain noble titles in their own right ⓘ
correspondsToMaleTitle Lord ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom Dame (title in orders of chivalry) ⓘ
Lady (generic term for woman) ⓘ
genderAssociation female ⓘ
governingBody College of Arms ⓘ
Court of the Lord Lyon ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOver commoners without titles ⓘ
historicalOrigin medieval English nobility ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mayBeHeldBy peeress in her own right ⓘ
wife of a knight (in some usages, e.g., “Lady” + surname) ⓘ
notUsedForRank daughter of a baron ⓘ
daughter of a viscount ⓘ
partOf British nobility ⓘ
system of British honorifics ⓘ
regulatedBy rules of precedence in the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedConcept baroness ⓘ
dame ⓘ
lord ⓘ
peerage ⓘ
subClassOf courtesy title ⓘ
noble style ⓘ
usedForRank baron’s wife ⓘ
daughter of a duke ⓘ
daughter of a marquess ⓘ
daughter of an earl ⓘ
earl’s wife ⓘ
marquess’s wife ⓘ
viscount’s wife ⓘ
usedIn British peerage ⓘ
Commonwealth realms ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
usedInContext court and ceremonial occasions ⓘ
formal address ⓘ
legal documents concerning nobility ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of Parliament → styleOfAddress → Lady [Title] ⓘ