Dowager

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The The Duchess of Ventadour in full mourning attends the Duke of Brittanty.
Empress Eugénie of France
Empress Amélie of Brazil wore black in mourning for her husband Pedro I for the rest of her life.



A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property and usually appears in association with monarchical and aristocratic title such as The Dowager Duchess of Orléans.