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unusual facts about Elizabeth Monck, Duchess of Albemarle



Elizabeth Monck, Duchess of Albemarle

From this time, the widowed Elizabeth declared that she would only marry into royalty and was convinced that the Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty China wished to marry her; suitably dressed as the Emperor of China, her sister-in-law Elizabeth's stepfather, the Duke of Montagu, asked for her hand in marriage and they were wed on 8 September 1692 in Newcastle House, London.

She went with her husband to Jamaica when he was appointed Lieutenant Governor in 1687; there Monck amassed a small fortune, which Elizabeth acquired and brought with her back to England upon his death in the following year (1688).


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