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    Posted: 16-Oct-2015 at 12:43
I'm working on a novel (17th C France) and need help with a matter of title.
The wife of a Comte is a Comtesse. When the Comte dies, as I understand, his son inherits the title of Comte. His wife would become the Comtesse.
What is the title of the current Comte's mother, the former Comtesse? If she is still a Comtesse, how is she distinguished from the son's wife, the new Comtesse? 
I need to know how she would be referred both by the public, friends and by the family in formal situations.
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Your user name is in violation of the CoC as a potential spammer or bot.

See: Amended: ''to include single word-names and numbers or letters. Or a variation of the same.''

eg. Mary123.

http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6512&PID=709860#709860

But as I'm in a charitable mood...here is a link.

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/noblesse.htm.

Now your suspended for not adhering to the CoC.
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The wife of the Comte, as you mentioned, would be the Comtesse. The Comte's mother would probably be referred to as the Comtesse Douairiere ( Dowager Countess).
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