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Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford (27 July 1578 – 8 October 1639) was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the court of James I of England.
Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (8 July 1647 [1] – 15 October 1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and famous for refusing to become a mistress of Charles II of England. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia.
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, ... Duchess Image Duke Tenure Frances Howard: 1st: 1623–1624 Duchesses of Richmond (1641–1672) Duchess Image Duke Tenure Mary Villiers: 1st: 1641–1655
Artist. Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger 1561/2-1636. Title. Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1578–1639) Date. About 1621. Medium. Oil on wood panel. Dimensions. 57.5 x 44.5cm. Reference. CVCSC:0216.B. Collection. British Portraits. Status. On Display. License this work. Details.
Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen - October 2010
Hace 6 días · The most illustrious and most excellent princess Frances Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, daughter of Thomas Lord Howard of Bindon, son to the Duke of Norfolk by Elizabeth daughter of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, wife of Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who, ever mindful of this her dearest lord, hath to him who so well deserved it, an...
Frances Howard’s third husband, the Duke of Lennox, was created the first Duke of Richmond and Lennox in 1623, earning her the nickname of ‘Double Duchess’. She is portrayed wearing an eye-catching low-cut bodice embroidered in silk and gold threads, and a pendant ornament of a heart and half moon associated with the Lennox family.
