Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond

Noble person

1647 – 1702

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Who was Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond?

Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox 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.

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Born
Jul 8, 1647
Paris
Nationality
  • England
Died
Oct 15, 1702

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on July 23, 2013

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