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His Grace The Duke of Richmond KG         1672-1723
Charles Lennox, K.G., 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, Earl of March, and Baron Settrington, Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, Lord Torbolton in the Peerage of Scotland, and created Duke d 'Aubigny in France by HM King Louis XIV. He was 1st in line of descent from HM King Charles II.
The Duke was born on 29 July 1672, the son of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain and Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, created Duchess of Portsmouth, Countess of Fareham, and Baroness Petersfield by HM King Charles II, and Duchesse d'Aubigny by HM King Louis XIV of France. His Grace married Anne, widow of Henry Belasyse, nee Brudenell.

Lady Anne Brudenell                                       1671-1722
Anne was born about 1671 the daughter of Francis, Lord Brudenell, son of the (2nd) Earl of Cardigan, and Lady Frances Saville. She was the widow of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Baron Belasyse of Worlaby, who died in 1691. Anne was then the Dowager Baroness Belasyse of Worlaby.
I have identified the following children.
  Louisa Born 24 Dec 1694     Married Vice-Adm. Sir James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
Charles Born 18 May 1701     Married Lady Sarah Cadogan
Anne Born 24 Jun 1703     Married Sir William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

Birth of Parents
Charles Lennox b: 29 Jul 1672         London
son of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain
and Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth

Anne Brudenell b: abt 1671        
daughter of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell and Lady Frances Saville

Marriage
Jan 1692/93
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, KG
Anne Belasyse

Children
Louisa Lennox b: 24 Dec 1694              
daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, KG, and Anne Brudenell
Charles Lennox b: 18 May 1701              
son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, KG, and Anne Brudenell
Anne Lennox b: 24 Jun 1703              
daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, KG, and Anne Brudenell

Death
Anne (Brudenell) Lennox Died 9 Dec 1722   Whitehall, London
Buried 16 Dec 1722 at Deene, Northamptonshire

Death
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, KG Died 27 May 1723, Age 50,   at Goodwood, Sussex

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