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When speaking of someone, monsieur/madame given name family name, by far the most polite form of address, is generally reserved for the most solemn occasions. Monsieur/madame family name or given name family name is polite and used in normal formal occasions, as well as in the formal quality press (Le Monde, Le Monde diplomatique, for example ...
Queens and princesses were plain Madame. Nobles of the rank of duke used Monsieur le duc/Madame la duchesse, non-royal princes used Prince/Princesse (without the Monsieur/Madame), other noblemen plain Monsieur and Madame. Only servants ever addressed their employer as Monsieur le comte or Madame la baronne.
Pauline Pantsdown, stage name of Australian satirist Simon Hunt; Pauline Parker (b. 1938), New Zealander murderer; Pauline Parmentier (b. 1986), French tennis player; Pauline-Euphrosine Paul (1803–1877), French ballet dancer also known as Madame Montessu; Pauline Pearce, British activist
A Daughter of France (fille de France) was thus addressed as Madame, followed by her first name or her title if she had one. The treatment was the same with the sole exception that with the eldest, it was not necessary to add the first name, and the simple appellation "Madame" sufficed to designate her.
Paul Deschanel: 1920 Jeanne Millerand: Alexandre Millerand: 1920–1924 Jeanne Doumergue Gaston Doumergue: 1931 Blanche Doumer Paul Doumer: 1931–1932 Marguerite Lebrun: Albert Lebrun: 1932–1940 Michelle Auriol Vincent Auriol: 1947–1954 First presidential spouse of the Fourth Republic. Germaine Coty: René Coty: 1954–1955 Yvonne de Gaulle
Mademoiselle or demoiselle ([də.mwa.zɛl]) is a French courtesy title, abbreviated Mlle or Dlle, traditionally given to an unmarried woman. The equivalent in English is " Miss ". The courtesy title " Madame " is accorded women where their marital status is unknown.
The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry. The Pennsylvania State University Press. Delachenal, Roland (1909). Histoire de Charles V. Vol. I. Picard. Gaude-Ferragu, Murielle (2016). Queenship in Medieval France, 1300-1500. Translated by Krieger, Angela. Palgrave Macmillan. Kendall, Paul Murray (1971).
Paul is a common Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variations – can be a given name or surname.