The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dauphiness \Dau"phin*ess\, or Dauphine \Dau"phine\, n. The title of the wife of the dauphin. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. The wife of the dauphin; dauphiness.
Wikipedia
The Dauphiné ( or ; ) or Dauphiné Viennois, formerly Dauphiny in English, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the County of Albon.
In the 12th century, the local ruler Count Guigues IV of Albon (c.1095–1142) bore a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed "le Dauphin" (French for dolphin). His descendants changed their title from Count of Albon to Dauphin of Viennois. The state took the name of Dauphiné. It became a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century.
The Dauphiné is best known for its transfer from the last non-royal Dauphin (who had great debts and no direct heir) to the King of France in 1349. The terms of the transfer stipulated that the heir apparent of France would henceforth be called " le Dauphin" and included significant autonomy and tax exemption for the Dauphiné region, most of which it retained only until 1457, though it remained an imperial state until the French Revolution.
The historical capital is Grenoble and the other main towns are Vienne, Valence, Montélimar, Gap and Romans-sur-Isère. The demonym for its inhabitants is Dauphinois.
Dauphine is the female form of the particular French feudal (comital or princely) title of Dauphin (also Anglicized as Dolphin), applied to the wife of a Dauphin (usually in the sense of heir to the French royal throne). It is roughly analogous to the British title Princess of Wales.
- Dauphine of France
- Dauphine of Viennois
- Dauphine of Auvergne
Dauphine may also refer to:
- Berliet Dauphine (1934-1939), a model of automobile
- Female Dauphine, a vincentian woman
- Pommes dauphine, a recipe for fried potato
- Renault Dauphine (1956-1967), a model of automobile
- Paris Dauphine University, a university near Porte Dauphine in Paris
- Dauphiné, a province in southeastern France
- Critérium du Dauphiné, a cycle race that before 2010 was known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- a common fig cultivar
Dauphine is an abandoned ski jumping large hill in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, France.
Usage examples of "dauphine".
II of Dauphine, who began to rule in 1333, spent so much money on wars and other extravagances that he went virtually bankrupt.
At Lyon, and at Mouvans in Dauphine, a body of Reformers, under command of the most enterprising prince of the house of Bourbon had endeavored to incite the populace to rise.
Amboise you have made certain attempts both at Lyon and at Mouvans in Dauphine against the royal authority, of which the king had no knowledge when he wrote to you in those terms.
But he had hardly got his eye on the Dauphine, before he saw that the Bellevite had started her screw.
The Belle was now quite near on the one hand, while the Dauphine was hardly farther off on the other hand.
If he and his companions fell into the hands of the enemy, nothing less than a severe fight with the Dauphine, perhaps aided by the Belle, on the part of the Bellevite could undo the mischief.
Bellevite was still rushing down upon the Dauphine as though she intended to annihilate her when the crash came, as come it must within a minute or two.
A tremendous collision was impending, and thus far the Dauphine had done nothing to avoid it.
Pecklar looked astern of the tug, and saw that the Dauphine was rapidly approaching.
Bellevite passed the Dauphine, and readied the vicinity of the Belle, which was evidently sinking, for she had settled a good deal in the water.
The passengers were put on board of the Dauphine, and it was not necessary for more than two of the boats to return to the Belle for the rest of the men on board of her.
Christy conveyed his uncle back to the Dauphine, shook hands with him, and returned to the Bellevite.
If she were not merely a Queen of Scotland but also a Dauphine of France they would think twice about flouting her in favour of the bastard.
Mary was also, and that she was glad that everything would be as it had been before their marriage, except that she was Dauphine now and they could be together night and day.
England had not been taken by the bastard Elizabeth, it would surely have fallen to Mary, Queen of Scotland, now Dauphine of France.