Maid or Matron? How about both?

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Well, I have found out something new today. I've asked my step-daughter to be my maid of honour. She asked if I'd asked her sister to be a bridesmaid. Well, I hadn't but I had asked if her sister's children could be bridesmaids. Anyway, I told step-daughter (D97) that I would ask her sister (D94) to be chief bridesmaid. I also told my mother-in-law-to-be (J) that I'd asked D97 to be maid of honour. J said she couldn't be because she's not married. This, however, is incorrect. That's something I already knew - that a maid of honour is unmarried while a matron of honour is married. I decided to write an article and looked up the difference between maid/matron of honour and chief bridesmaid. Other than whether or not they are married, there is no difference. However, there is no reason a bride can't have more than one of them, or a maid of honour and a matron of honour. So, I think I might ask D94 to be matron of honour (for she is married). Oh, by the way, part of my weekend included deciding on a date for my wedding :) How was your weekend? Did you know this about maids of honour, etc? Have you learnt anything knew recently?