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Anne [née Anne Luttrell; other married name Anne Horton], duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (1743–1808)  

Matthew Kilburn

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

See Henry Frederick, Prince, duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

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Briouze [Braose], Loretta de, countess of Leicester (d. in or after 1266), noblewoman and recluse  

Susan M. Johns

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23 September 2004
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Briouze [Braose], Loretta de, countess of Leicester (d. in or after 1266), noblewoman and recluse, was one of the children of William (III) de Briouze (d. 1211) and Matilda de St Valéry (d. 1210). Her father was a great man in the Anglo-Welsh marches, and four of her five sisters who survived into adulthood married Welsh or marcher lords; notably ...

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Clare, Margaret de, countess of Gloucester (1291/2?–1342), noblewoman and heiress  

J. S. Hamilton

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23 September 2004
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Clare, Margaret de, countess of Gloucester (1291/2?–1342), noblewoman and heiress, was the second daughter of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and of Hertford (1243–1295), and his wife, Joan of Acre (1272–1307), daughter of Edward I. She was reportedly twenty-two years old at the time of the death at ...

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Digby, Venetia, Lady Digby (1600–1633)  

Maker: Anthony Van Dyck

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Venetia Digby, Lady Digby (1600–1633) by Anthony Van Dyck, 1633 [detail] by permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Digby [née Stanley], Venetia, Lady Digby (1600–1633), gentlewoman and celebrated beauty  

Sara H. Mendelson

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23 September 2004
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Digby [née Stanley], Venetia, Lady Digby (1600–1633), gentlewoman and celebrated beauty, was born on 19 December 1600 at Tong Castle, Shropshire, the daughter of Sir Edward Stanley (d. 1629?), from a younger branch of the family of the earls of Derby...

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Dudley, Alice (1579–1669)  

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

See Dudley, Sir Robert

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Elizabeth (1900–2002)  

Maker: Cecil Beaton

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05 January 2006
Elizabeth (1900–2002) by Cecil Beaton, 1970 Camera Press, London; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Elizabeth [née Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon] (1900–2002), queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, sometime empress of India, consort of George VI, later styled Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother  

Lawrence Goldman

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05 March 2009
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05 January 2006

Elizabeth [née Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon] (1900–2002), queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, sometime empress of India, consort of George VI, later styled Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, was born on 4 August 1900, the ninth of the ten children, and the youngest of the four daughters, of ...

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Gormlaith [Gormphly] (d. 948), queen in Ireland and tragic heroine  

Elva Johnston

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23 September 2004
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Gormlaith [Gormphly] (d. 948), queen in Ireland and tragic heroine, was the daughter of Flann Sinna mac Máele Sechnaill (847/8–916), the southern Uí Néill high-king, and a sister of Donnchad Donn mac Flainn (d. 944), also a high-king. The annals of Ulster contain the earliest witness to her. They simply name her, and her father, before remarking that she died in penitence, in 948....

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Gytha (b. c. 1010, d. after 1068), wife of Earl Godwine  

Elisabeth van Houts

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Gytha (b. c. 1010, d. after 1068), wife of Earl Godwine, was a Danish noble woman, born about 1010, a daughter of Thurkil Sprakaleg. Her brother Earl Ulf married Estrith, sister of King Cnut of Denmark (d. 1035). This royal connection brought ...

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Howard [née Mordaunt; other married name Germain], Mary, duchess of Norfolk (1658/9–1705), noblewoman and divorcee  

Rachel Weil

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23 September 2004
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Howard [née Mordaunt; other married name Germain], Mary, duchess of Norfolk (1658/9–1705), noblewoman and divorcee, was the only daughter and heir of Henry Mordaunt, second earl of Peterborough (bap. 1623, d. 1697), and his wife, Lady Penelope (c.1622–1702), daughter of ...

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Montagu [née Fraunceys], Maud, countess of Salisbury (d. 1424), magnate and wealthy widow  

Stephen O'Connor

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Montagu [née Fraunceys], Maud, countess of Salisbury (d. 1424), magnate and wealthy widow, was the daughter of Adam Fraunceys (c. 1310–1375), a wealthy mercer and mayor of London, and his wife, Agnes (d. after 1392). She first appears in the records named alongside her brother, ...

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Napier [née Lennox; other married name Bunbury], Lady Sarah (1745–1826), noblewoman and society beauty  

Rosemary Richey

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Napier [née Lennox; other married name Bunbury], Lady Sarah (1745–1826), noblewoman and society beauty, was born on 14 February 1745, the sixth of the seven surviving children of Charles Lennox, second duke of Richmond and Lennox (1701–1750), and Sarah (1706–1751), daughter of ...

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Napier [Lennox], Lady Sarah (1745–1826)  

Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Lady Sarah Napier (1745–1826) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection, 1922.4468 The Art Institute of Chicago. All rights reserved

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Ogilvy, Marion (d. 1575), landowner and mistress of Cardinal David Beaton  

Margaret H. B. Sanderson

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ogilvy, Marion (d. 1575), landowner and mistress of Cardinal David Beaton, was the youngest known daughter of James, first Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (d. 1504), and his fourth wife, Janet Lyle (d. in or before 1525). Her father had made only partial provision for her before his death, a marriage contract (1503) by which the heir of ...

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Stanley, Charlotte, countess of Derby (1599–1664)  

Maker: Gerrit van Honthorst

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Charlotte Stanley, countess of Derby (1599–1664) by Gerrit van Honthorst, 1632 [as Minerva] Christie's Images Ltd. (2004)

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Stanley [née de La Trémoille], Charlotte, countess of Derby (1599–1664), noblewoman and royalist heroine  

John Callow

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Stanley [née de La Trémoille], Charlotte, countess of Derby (1599–1664), noblewoman and royalist heroine, was born at the château of Thouars, Poitou, in France, in early December 1599, the second child and eldest daughter of Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars...