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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox KG (29 July 1672 – 27 May 1723), of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II, and was that king's only son by his French-born mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
May 23, 2024 · Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond was the son of Charles II of England by his mistress Louise de Kéroualle, duchess of Portsmouth. He was aide-de-camp to William III from 1693 to 1702 and lord of the bedchamber to George I from 1714 to 1723.
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Aug 8, 2022 · Charles [FitzRoy later Lennox], 1st Duke of Richmond, KG PC. illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mistress Louise Renée de Penancoet de Kéroualle, suo jure Duchess of Portsmouth and of Aubigny. born 29 Jul 1672.
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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox. Charles was the son of King Charles II and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. He was born on 29 July 1672, a swift 10 months after his mother was installed as the king’s chief mistress. A head start in the peerage
In 1675, King Charles II created his illegitimate son Charles Lennox Duke of Richmond (created on 9 August 1675) and Duke of Lennox (created on 9 September 1675), and the two Dukedoms have since been held concurrently by Lennox's descendants.
#NamePeriodDuchess11since 2017Janet Astor10Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox b. 1929-20171989-2017Susan Grenville-Grey91935-1989Elizabeth Hudson81928-1935Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond, 11th Duke of Lennox, 11th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Duke of Gordon, CBE, DL (born 8 January 1955), styled Lord Settrington until 1989 and then Earl of March and Kinrara until 2017, is a British aristocrat and owner of Goodwood Estate in Sussex.
Aug 22, 2023 · King Charles II and his French mistress Louise de Kerouaille had a son Charles Lennox in 1672. In 1675 the "merrie monarch" made his son the 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox. The cricket-loving duke owned Goodwood House, Sussex, Richmond House, London and Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire.