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Contessa, a 2018 Indian film; Contessa, a 2018 Philippine television series; The Contessa, a character in the game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? The Contessa, a villain from the Sly Cooper video game franchise; see Sly 2: Band of Thieves; Contessa, a fictional ship the TV series Chuck; see "Chuck Versus the Push Mix"
The English term county, used as an equivalent to the English term shire, is derived from the Old French conté or cunté which denoted the jurisdiction of a French count or viscount. [7] The modern French is comté, and its equivalents in other languages are contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, graafschap, etc. (cf. conte, comte ...
The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas. It stars Ava Gardner , Humphrey Bogart , and Edmond O'Brien .
Dottore / Dottoressa di ricerca - dott. ric. ( Doctor of research; More specific title for people holding a dottorato di ricerca the Italian equivalent to a Doctorate, this title is the equivalent of the English Doctor) Maestro / Maestra (teacher or expert artisan or musician) Mastro (archaic for artisans)
Contessina de' Bardi (1390–October 1473 [1]), was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Bardi.Her marriage into the House of Medici provided her husband's family with much needed nobility, prestige, and military support as they established their power in Florence.
The Countess's life was depicted in a 1942 Italian film, The Countess of Castiglione, and a 1954 Italian-French film, The Contessa's Secret, that starred Yvonne De Carlo. The Countess was painted by the artist Jacques-Émile Blanche after her death. The Countess is also depicted in Alexander Chee's novel The Queen of the Night.
A more recent proposal is that Kandicha was derived from a real historical figure, namely a Moroccan "countess" (contessa) from el Jadida who helped resist the Portuguese by seducing soldiers, who were then killed by Moroccan fighters lying in wait. [8] [9] It is believed that she began resisting Colonialism after her husband was killed. [10]
Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert.Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Pique" – and how he is helped and hindered by a high-spirited runaway, Contessa Marietta.