Duchess of Richmond
Duchess of Richmond | |
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Incumbent since 1 September 2017Janet Gordon-Lennox | |
Style | Her Grace |
Member of | Gordon-Lennox family |
Term length | As long as married to the Duke of Richmond |
Formation |
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First holder | Mary Fitzroy |
The Duchess of Richmond is the wife of the Duke of Richmond, an extant title in the Peerage of England that has been created four times, originally in 1525.
Countesses
[edit]Countesses of Richmond (1218–1235)
[edit]Other titles: Duchess of Brittany
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Alix, Duchess of Brittany | 1st | 1218–1221 | |
Nicole | Unknown-1232 |
Countesses of Richmond (1341–1342)
[edit]Other titles: Countess of Beaumont
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Joan of Valois | 1st | 1341–1342 |
Countesses of Richmond (1342–1372)
[edit]Other titles: Duchess of Lancaster
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Blanche of Lancaster | 1st | 1359–1368 | |
Katherine Swynford | 1371–1372 |
Countesses of Richmond (1372–1425)
[edit]Other titles: Duchess of Brittany
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Joan Holland | 5th | 1372–1384 | |
Joan of Navarre | 1386–1399 |
Countesses of Richmond (1414–1435)
[edit]Other titles: Duchess of Bedford
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Anne of Burgundy | 1st | 1423–1432 | |
Jacquetta of Luxembourg | 1433–1435 |
Countesses of Richmond (1452–1509)
[edit]Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Margaret Beaufort | 1st | 1455–1456 |
Duchesses
[edit]Duchesses of Richmond & Somerset (1525–1536)
[edit]Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Mary Howard | 1st | 1533–1536 |
Duchesses of Richmond (1623–1624)
[edit]Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Frances Howard | 1st | 1623–1624 |
Duchesses of Richmond (1641–1672)
[edit]Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Mary Villiers | 1st | 1641–1655 | |
Elizabeth Rogers | 3rd | 1659–Unknown | |
Margaret Lewis (née Banastre) | 1662–Unknown | ||
Frances Stuart | 1667–1672 |
Duchesses of Richmond (1675–Present)
[edit]Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Anne Brudenell | 1st | 1692–1722 | |
Sarah Cadogan | 2nd | 1723–1750 | |
Mary Bruce | 3rd | 1757–1796 | |
Charlotte Gordon | 4th | 1789–1819 | |
Caroline Paget | 5th | 1819–1860 | |
Frances Greville | 6th | 1860–1887 | |
Hilda Brassey | 8th | 1928–1935 | |
Elizabeth Hudson | 9th | 1928–1935 | |
Susan Grenville-Grey | 10th | 1989–2017 | |
Janet Astor | 11th | 2017–present |