Duchess of Richmond
Appearance
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
Countesses of Richmond (1218–1235)
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)
Other titles: Countess of Beaumont
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Joan of Valois | 1st | 1341–1342 |
Countesses of Richmond (1342–1372)
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)
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)
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)
Countess | Image | Earl | Tenure |
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Margaret Beaufort | 1st | 1455–1456 |
Duchesses
Duchesses of Richmond & Somerset (1525–1536)
Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Mary Howard | 1st | 1533–1536 |
Duchesses of Richmond (1623–1624)
Duchess | Image | Duke | Tenure |
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Frances Howard | 1st | 1623–1624 |
Duchesses of Richmond (1641–1672)
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)
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 |