if they are receiving a damehood, so there is no female word equivalent of being "knighted".

History

The Order of the Ermine, founded in France by John V, Duke of Brittany, in 1381, was the first order of chivalry to accept women. However, female knights existed for centuries in many places in the world prior to this. Like their male counterparts, they were distinguished by the flying of

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