Elizabeth was baptised on 10 September ; Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the Marquess of Exeter, the Duchess of Norfolk and the Dowager Marchioness of Dorset stood as her four godparents.

Lord Peter's was born the second of the three children of Mortimer Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, and Honoria Lucasta Delagardie, who lives on throughout the novels as the Dowager Duchess of Denver.

The Dowager Duchess is witty and intelligent, and strongly supports her younger son, whom she plainly prefers over his less intelligent, more conventional older brother, Gerald, the 16th Duke.

After sharing what the Dowager Duchess referred to as " a jam ", the two arranged that if they were both to survive the war, Bunter would become Wimsey's valet.

Bunter arrived and, with the approval of the Dowager Duchess, took up his post as valet.

The 1986 NBC-TV miniseries Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, in which Olivia de Havilland portrays the Dowager Empress, represents the latter as considering a personal meeting with Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia.

Joachim ( 1505 – 1571 ), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir of their current claimant of Luxembourg, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg ( 1484 – 1535 ), the eldest son and heir of the late Margaret of Thuringia ( 1449 – 1501 ), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiress of Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg and William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia.

In 1744 Pitt received a large boost to his personal fortune when the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough died leaving him a legacy of £ 10, 000 as an " acknowledgment of the noble defence he had made for the support of the laws of England and to prevent the ruin of his country ".

* March 31 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English Dowager Duchess

* Empress Wang is given the title of Duchess Dowager of Ding ' an, while Emperor Ruzi of Han, the former Emperor of Han becomes the Duke of Ding ' an.

Another exception was made in the case of the last royal princess to marry into the British Royal Family: Princess Marina who, being a Princess of Greece and Denmark by birth, reverted to her own princely style (" HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent ") after being widowed, rather than take up the traditional style " HRH The Dowager Duchess of Kent ".

Her sister-in-law ( born The Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott ) was given special dispensation by HM The Queen to use a similar style when she was widowed (" HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ") despite not being a princess by birth, rather than the more usual widow's style, " HRH The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester ".

He later entertained thoughts of remarriage in order to renew the alliance with Spain-Joan, Dowager Queen of Naples ( niece of Ferdinand II of Aragon ), Joanna, Queen of Castile ( daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella ), and Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Savoy ( sister-in-law of Joanna of Castile ) were all considered-but Henry died a widower in 1509.

During the Delicate Investigation, Caroline was not permitted to see her daughter, and afterwards her visits were essentially restricted to once a week and only in the presence of Caroline's own mother, the Dowager Duchess of Brunswick.

He fled to Burgundy, where Warwick's aunt Margaret of York, the Dowager Duchess of Burgundy, kept her court.

She held the titles Duchess of York, Princess of Wales, Queen-Empress and Queen-Empress Dowager.

On her way north to Scotland Ralph Sadler conveyed her through Hertfordshire, and she stopped at Robert Chester's house at Royston Priory and the house of the Dowager Duchess of Suffolk at Grimsthorpe Castle near Stamford.

In 1469, her brother, Edward IV, attempted to present Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter, an honour which would have made Charles guilty of treason against Louis XI had he accepted it ; although the Dowager Duchess Isabel warned her son to refuse the offer, which he did, giving Louis XI an excuse for further machinations against Burgundy.

But the next year, Margaret was left despairing when Clarence and Warwick supported a French-backed Lancastrian invasion of England: although she, together with her mother Cecily, Dowager Duchess of York, attempted to reconcile Clarence and Edward IV, the rebellion continued, and on 2 October 1470 the Lancastrians were returned to power and Edward had fled to Margaret and Charles in Burgundy.

The marriage of Charles VIII to Duchess Anne of Brittany had allowed the eventual return of his fiance, young Margaret, to Burgundy and the care of her step-grandmother the Dowager Duchess ; the Peace of Senlis, which returned her to her family, also returned her dowry of the Counties of Artois and Palatine Burgundy, and laid down that Duke Philip would take up personal rule in the following year when he reached age 16.

Legend has it that the Empress Dowager then either ordered that the Emperor's favorite, the Pearl Concubine, be thrown down a well in the Forbidden City or tricked her into drowning herself.

According to the Dowager Duchess in her book, Chatsworth: The House, one room still has " Third Postillion " painted on the door.

Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, telephones to say that Thipps, an architect hired to do some work on her local church, has just found a dead body wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez in the bath in his flat.

It was rumoured that Dorgon had a romantic affair with the Shunzhi Emperor's mother Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and even secretly married her, but this claim has been disputed.

In Sweden, there has also been another title for a dowager queen, called Riksänkedrottning, which means Queen Dowager of the Realm.

On the other hand, the Nobbses have stolen so much stuff over the years that, as Vimes has said, " you could probably prove Nobby was the Dowager Duchess of Quirm.

The Dowager Duchess says he cannot be in disguise as he has " English gentleman ’ s personal gentleman " written all over him.

* Yuwen Yang, concubine of Zhenjin during the Yuan Dynasty whose ruthlessness has often been compared with Empress Dowager Cixi.

" Two Years " gives historical insights into life at court and Der Ling's service to the Dowager Empress, essentially a world that has disappeared.

The Dowager Empress wrote that Elena " has a very brusque and arrogant tone that can shock people " and expected trouble in the marriage.

On the spot where the Cross was discovered, there was also found a hitherto unknown flower of rare beauty and fragrance, which has been named Vasiliko ( Basil ), meaning the flower of royalty, out of respect for the Dowager Queen who led the expedition.

Rather, Emperor Guangwu, who has by that point created his sons only as dukes, promoted her son Liu Fu ( 劉輔 ) to Prince of Zhongshan and created her the Princess Dowager of Zhongshan — a title that had not previously been and would not be later used for any mother of an imperial prince whose husband was still alive.

His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Junshi ( also called the Gojō empress 五条后 ), daughter of the minister of the left, Fujiwara Fuyutsugu.

His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akirakeiko ( 明子 ), also called the Somedono empress 染殿后 ).

To overcome such problems, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict in 1901 calling for reform proposals from the governors-general and governors and initiated the era of the dynasty's " New Policy ", also known as the " Late Qing Reform ".

Władysław's relations with the Emperor were considerably improved after his second marriage with his sister Judith ( also Dowager Queen of Hungary ) in 1089, who took the name Judith of Swabia after her wedding in order to distinguish herself from the late first wife of Władysław ( Judith of Bohemia ).

There is also a line of Chatsworth branded foods, endorsed with the Dowager Duchess's signature, which is available by mail order.

However, after hearing of Emperor Huaizong's death, Dowager Yang also committed suicide at sea.

Alice, Dowager Countess of Derby was also Dowager Viscountess Brackley.

The book establishes many of Wimsey's character traits-for example, his interest in rare books, the nervous problems associated with his wartime shell-shock, and his ambiguous feelings about catching criminals for a hobby-and also introduces many characters who recur in later novels, such as Parker, Bunter, Sugg, and the Dowager Duchess.

Peter's mother -- Dowager Duchess of Denver -- Peter's sister, John Donne, a case of vintage port, and the handling of " corroded sut " provide plenty of garnishing for an indifferent murder, even if we weren't also given an idea of Lord Peter's sexual tastes and powers under trying circumstances.

Whilst there was the option of giving the HRH style to Diana, Princess of Wales, in her personal capacity ( which could be justified, given that she was the mother of a future king ), it was decided not to give her the style ; also there may have been a special ruling from The Queen allowing for Diana, Princess of Wales to be known as The Dowager Princess of Wales if and when Charles, Prince of Wales remarried as he later did.

The Empress Dowager Wenming tomb and Yongning Temple ( 永宁寺 ), which had a pagoda nine stories high, were also built here.

He is also careful to balance the negative with the positive, for example, in the biography of Empress Dowager Lu which contains lurid accounts of her cruelty, he pointed out at the end that, whatever her personal life may have been, her rule brought peace and prosperity to the country.

Empress Dowager Yoshikō is also entombed at this Imperial mausoleum complex.

She also treated the young Princess Victoria of Kent ( William's heir presumptive and later Queen Victoria ) with kindness, despite her own inability to produce an heir and the open hostility between William and Victoria's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Kent.

As Emperor Xiaowen was raised by Grand Empress Dowager Feng, he also became very close to the family of her brother Feng Xi ( 馮熙 ).

He did so upon Yuan Shikai's suggestion to Empress Dowager Longyu, who also signed the abdication papers.

Grand Empress Dowager Wang also ordered Wang Mang to resign and transfer power to the Fu and Ding relatives.

Emperor Ai, who also respected Wang Mang, summoned him and his cousin Wang Ren ( 王仁 ), the son of Wang Gen, back to the capital to assist Grand Empress Dowager Wang.

Wang, grateful to his aunt Grand Empress Dowager Wang ( who, however, resented him for deceiving her and usurping the throne ), continued to honor her as empress dowager, but also gave her an additional title of Wangmu ( 王母 ), the same title carried by the mother of King Wen of Zhou, implying that she was also his mother and had helped establish a new dynasty.

After his death she retained the title of Archduchess of Austria and also held the title of Dowager Crown Princess until her marriage to Count Lonyai.

The title Grand Empress dowager ( also Grand Dowager Empress or Grand Empress mother ) ( simplified and traditional Chinese: 太皇太后, pinyin tài huáng tài hòu, Japanese: たいこうたいごう ) was given to the grandmother or a woman from the grandmother generation of the Chinese, Korean, or Japanese dynastic ruler.