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unusual facts about Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire


Elizabeth Cavendish

Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), wife of the fifth Duke of Devonshire


Elizabeth Cavendish

Bess of Hardwick (1527–1608), Elizabethan courtier, married to Sir William Cavendish

Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

She bore two children by the Duke: a daughter, Caroline St Jules, and a son, Augustus (later Augustus Clifford, 1st Baronet), who were raised at Devonshire House with the Duke's legitimate children by Georgiana.

Helen's Trust

The Duchess of Devonshire is the president of the Trust.

Margaret Douglas

In 1574 she again aroused Elizabeth's anger by marrying her younger son, Charles, to Elizabeth Cavendish, the stepdaughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

He was married twice: first, to Lady Georgiana Spencer (1757–1806); second, to Lady Elizabeth Foster, née Hervey (1759–1824), daughter of the 4th Earl of Bristol, who had been his mistress and his first wife's friend and confidante for more than twenty years.


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