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.
Duchess of Richmond | |
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Incumbent Janet Gordon-Lennox since 1 September 2017 | |
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 |
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 |