Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

* 1776 – Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( d. 1857 )

* 1736 – Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( d. 1807 )

* December 25 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( died 2004 )

Margaret's last public appearances were at the 101st birthday celebrations of her mother in August 2001, and the 100th birthday celebration of her aunt, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, that December.

* TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester ( The Queen's cousin and his wife )

* HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( widow of HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and mother to the present Duke of Gloucester )

***** HRH The Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh ( 1776 – 1857 )

The wives of royal peers are known as " HRH The Duchess of ..." or " HRH The Countess of ..." Thus, the wives of HRH The Duke of Cambridge, HRH The Earl of Wessex, HRH The Duke of Gloucester and HRH The Duke of Kent are " HRH The Duchess of Cambridge ," " HRH The Countess of Wessex ," " HRH The Duchess of Gloucester ," and " HRH The Duchess of Kent ," respectively.

Her sister-in-law ( born The Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott ) was given special dispensation by HM The Queen to use a similar style when she was widowed (" HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ") despite not being a princess by birth, rather than the more usual widow's style, " HRH The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester ".

This record was broken on 24 July 2003, by her last surviving sister-in-law Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, who died aged 102 on 29 October 2004.

Upon her marriage, she was styled Duchess of Gloucester.

* 1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia ( d. 1801 )

* 1734 – Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria ( d. 1776 )

* 1827 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia ( d. 1894 )

* 1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia ( d. 1849 )

* 1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ( d. 1891 )

* 1767 – Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg ( d. 1790 )

* 21 Dukes and Duchess of Burgundy ( 956 – 1002, 1026 – 1361, 1363 – 1482 )

* 15 Dukes and Duchess of Brittany ( 1212 – 1345, 1364 – 1532 )

* 6 Dukes and Duchess of Brabant ( 1405 – 1482 )

* 6 Dukes and Duchess of Luxembourg ( 1412 – 1415, 1419 – 1482, 1700 – 1713 )

* 1 Duchess of Guelders ( 1477 – 1482 )

* 1 Duchess of Limburg ( 1477 – 1482 )

* 7 Dukes and Duchess of Parma ( 1731 – 1735, 1748 – 1802, 1814 – 1859 )

* 2 Duchess and Duke of Lucca ( 1817 – 1847 )

Casimir III the Great () ( 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370 ) who reigned in 1333 – 1370, was the last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty, the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Duchess Hedwig of Kalisz.

They were parents to a daughter, Louise Borgia, Duchess of Valentinois, ( 1500 – 1553 ) who first married Louis II de La Tremouille, Governor of Burgundy, and secondly Philippe de Bourbon ( 1499 – 1557 ), Seigneur de Busset.

In 1784, with the assistance of his niece, Mary, he arranged a private sale to Margaret Cavendish-Harley, widow of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland and so dowager Duchess of Portland.

* April 24 – The Duchess of Windsor ( the former Wallis Simpson ), widow of the late Duke of Windsor ( formerly Edward VIII ; b. 1896 )

The one marriage which may be considered shocking was that of her 20-year-old brother John Woodville to Katherine, Duchess of Norfolk, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by Joan Beaufort, and widow of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.

The works best known to English speakers are three great orations delivered at the funerals of Queen Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I of England ( 1669 ), her daughter, Henriette, Duchess of Orléans ( 1670 ), and the outstanding soldier le Grand Condé ( 1687 ).

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy | Margaret of Austria as a widow by Bermaerd van Orley

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( née Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott ; 25 December 1901 – 29 October 2004 ) was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Mary of Teck.

The Duke's widow requested permission from her niece, the Queen, to use the title and style HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester instead of HRH The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester.

Since Henry had no legitimate male issue the disposition of his estates became a complex matter for his widow, the dowager Duchess of Exeter.

His granddaughter, Henrietta Tiarks, The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, is the widow of the fourteenth Duke of Bedford.

The Duchess, according to royal biographer Hugo Vickers, was " the only war widow in Britain whose estate was forced to pay

His American-born widow Josephine, Countess of Sefton ( 1903 – 1980 )-once a close friend of the Duchess of Windsor and nicknamed " Foxy " for her abundant auburn hair-continued to spend some time at Croxteth.

Her godparents were her paternal uncle The Prince Leopold ( for whom The Duke of Cambridge stood proxy ); Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel ( represented by Prince Francis of Teck ); Count Gleichen ; the Duchess of Nassau ( for whom Princess Francis of Teck ); the King of Sweden and Norway ( who was represented by Baron Hochschild, the Swedish minister ); the Princess of Leiningen ( represented by Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde ); her maternal aunt the Tsarevna of Russia ( represented by the Baroness de Brunnow, the Russian ambassador's wife ); the Crown Princess of Denmark ( represented by Madame de Bülow, the Danish Minister's wife ); and the Duchess of Inverness ( widow of Queen Victoria's uncle the Duke of Sussex ).

Since the Duchess's death WestCombe has been in the successive occupation of Lord Clive, the Marquis of Lothian, his widow the Marchioness, the Duchess of Athol, Mr. Halliday the banker, and William Petrie, Esq.

* Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( 1901 – 2004 ), member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary

* Marie, Duchess of Bavaria ( 27 January 1805 – 13 September 1877 ), second wife and widow of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and the sister-in-law to King Johan of Saxony.

* HRH The Duchess of Halland ( Princess Lilian ), widow of Prince Bertil.

* Ingeborg his widow ( 1318 – 1321 ; also Duchess of Halland, etc.

** Princess Ingiburga, his wife and widow, Duchess of North Hallandia ( 1312 – 1341 – see Swealand 1318 – 21 )

** Duchess Ingiburga ( above ), his wife and widow, now also Duchess of South Hallandia ( 1327 – 1341 – see Swealand 1318 – 1321 )

* Duchess Ingiburga, his widow in her own right ( 1318 – 1321 – also Halland and as Eric ’ s wife and widow Dalsland, Värmland and West Gothland )