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The Duchess of Richmond can refer to any wife of the Duke of Richmond. Notable women who have been known by this title include: *Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset (née Lady Mary Howard; 1519–1557), was the only daughter-in-law of King Henry VIII of England, being the wife of his only acknowledged illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset * Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (1578–1639), one of the great beauties and the only duchess at the court of James I of England, she was also the patron of Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony * Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond (née Lady Mary Villiers; (1622–1685) * Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond (1647–1702), a famous restoration beauty who refused to become the mistress of Charles II *Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1705–1751), Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline from 1724 to 1737. Sarah married Charles Lennox, Earl of March who became the 2nd Duke of Richmond in 1723. * Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond (1768–1842), hostess of the Duchess of Richmond's ball (1815) held on the eve of the battle of Quatre Bras and two days before the Battle of Waterloo * Hilda Gordon-Lennox, Duchess of Richmond (née Brassey; 1872–1971), elected a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902, in 1927 she became the first chairman of the National Gardens Scheme ==See also== * SS Duchess of Richmond (1928), was a transatlantic liner on the route between Britain and Canada, she served as a troop ship during the Second World War and in 1947 she was renamed ''SS Empress of Canada'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duchess of Richmond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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