* Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife of a British prince, her paternal ancestors came from Northern Ireland

The performance, a musical benefit at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of the deaf, was attended by Prince Andrew's then wife, the Duchess of York.

She is known for her appearance in the film Emily and subsequent relationship with Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, before his marriage to Sarah, Duchess of York.

* 1415 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ( d. 1495 )

* 2003 – Ronald Ferguson, British mayor and polo manager, father of Sarah, Duchess of York ( b. 1931 )

* 1959 – Sarah, Duchess of York

In June 1476, he started his studies at the University of Leuven, where he pursued philosophy, theology and Canon Law, due to a scholarship granted by Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy, becoming a Doctor of Theology in 1491, Dean of St. Peter's and vice-chancellor of the university.

This was the previous location of a pub / music venue known as The Duchess of York which was previously known as the Robin Hood.

At the time of the death of his father and older brother Edmund, Earl of Rutland at the Battle of Wakefield, Richard, who was eight years old, was sent by his mother, the Duchess of York to the Low Countries, beyond the reach of Henry VI's vengeful Queen, Margaret of Anjou.

** Sarah, Duchess of York, British Princess and former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York

The younger daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York ( second son of King George V and Queen Mary, and later King George VI ) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York ( later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ), and sister to The Princess Elizabeth NB.

* July 3 – Perkin Warbeck's troops land in Kent, in support of his claim to the English crown, backed by Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy.

Her mother was Elizabeth, Duchess of York, the youngest daughter of the 14th Earl and the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

When Queen Mary insisted upon the importance of education, the Duchess of York commented, " I don't know what she meant.

* Sarah, Duchess of York ( former wife of HRH The Duke of York and the mother of HRH Princess Beatrice and HRH Princess Eugenie )

The Duke of York and his former wife Sarah, Duchess of York divorced in 1996.

She lost the style of Royal Highness but was allowed the style " Sarah, Duchess of York ".

Unlike Lord Snowdon and Captain Phillips, Sarah has never remarried and still attends some functions with her daughters, such as the investiture of The Duke of York into the Royal Victorian Order, on which occasions she is afforded the courtesy of treatment as a member of the Royal Family, although the Lord Chamberlain's Diamond Jubilee Guidelines mention the Duchess specifically as being a member of the Royal Family in her own right.

Before their divorces, Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York enjoyed the respective titles and styles of " HRH The Princess of Wales ," and " HRH The Duchess of York ".

Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster ( also spelled Synford ), née ( de ) Roet ( also spelled ( de ) Rouet, ( de ) Roët, or ( de ) Roelt ) ( probably 25 November 1350 – 10 May 1403 ), was the daughter of Sir Payne ( or Paen / Pain / Paon ) ( de ) Roet ( also spelled ( de ) Rouet, ( de ) Roët or ( de ) Roelt ), originally a Flemish herald from County of Hainaut, later knighted.

On the east side are the suites of private apartments of the Duke and Duchess, on the west along the entire length is the long gallery originally conceived as a picture gallery.

A much more elaborate wedding was originally planned for Westminster Abbey ; but after the new Duchess of Gloucester's father died of cancer on 19 October 1935, and in consideration of the King's own failing health, it was decided that the wedding should be scaled down to a more private setting.

It was part of the abbey complex and originally was one of three large churches in the town ( the others being St. James, now St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, and St. Margaret's, now gone ). It is renowned for its magnificent hammer-beam Angel roof, and is the final resting place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Duchess of Suffolk and favourite sister of Henry VIII ( Mary Rose ).

Another monument is the city hall, originally the palace of the Duchess Carafa de Noja.

In April and May, 2012, a production team led by a trio of Americans mounted Kalman's The Duchess of Chicago ( Герцогиня из Чикаго ) at the well-known Ekaterinburg ( Soviet name: Sverdlovsk ) Academic Theater of Musical Comedy, only the second time in recent memory the operetta ( as originally written ) has been produced in Russia, coming on the heels of a 2008 St. Petersburg production.

The Duchess of Malfi ( originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy ) is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 1612 – 13.

Duke was originally meant to include a roughly 30-minute suite featuring songs in the order of " Behind The Lines / Duchess / Guide Vocal / Turn It On Again / Duke's Travels / Duke's End ," ultimately telling the story of fictional character " Albert.

The church originally housed the 15th and 16th century tombs of many members of the Howard family, including now-lost memorial brasses to Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk ( died 1524 ), his wife Agnes Tilney, Duchess of Norfolk ( died 1545 ) and is also the burial place of Queen Anne Boleyn's mother Elizabeth Boleyn, formerly Howard.

After 1662, Anne Marie Louise d ' Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, who was originally called Mademoiselle as the eldest daughter of Gaston duc d ' Orléans, became known as la Grande Mademoiselle at court, in order to distinguish her from her younger cousin, Marie Louise d ' Orléans, now also called Mademoiselle, as the daughter of Anne's first cousin, the new Monsieur.

The Duke was the second son of Queen Victoria ; the Duchess was originally a Grand Duchess of Russia.

The casket originally had the Queen's arms engraved engraved upon it, but was replaced successively by the arms of the Marchioness, then the Duchess.

She wanted to return to Paris, but was dissuaded from doing so by physician Jean-Nicolas Corvisart and the Duchess of Montebello.

When the park was being re-landscaped as a setting for the palace the 1st Duchess wanted the historic ruins demolished, while Vanbrugh, an early conservationist, wanted them restored and made into a landscape feature.

The nation ( who it was then assumed, by architect and owners, was paying the bills ) wanted a monument, but the Duchess wanted not only a fitting tribute to her husband but also a comfortable home, two requirements that were not compatible in 18th-century architecture.

Vanbrugh had wanted an obelisk to mark the site of the former royal manor, and the trysts of Henry II which had taken place there, causing the 1st Duchess to remark, " If there were obelisks to bee made of all what our Kings have done of that sort, the countrey would bee stuffed with very odd things " ( sic ).

The Duchess wanted her new house to be " strong, plain and convenient and good ".

They wanted a picture of Louise de Guise, daughter of Antoinette, Duchess of Guise.

Her husband had arranged the marriage himself because she was the sister of the Russian Empress, which made a form of alliance with Russia even after he refused to marry the Russian Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna, but mostly because he wanted a beautiful consort ; in 1795, he refused a marriage with a Princess of Mecklenburg, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, because he had heard that she was not beautiful.

According to the Duchess of Devonshire, who travelled with the British delegation to Kennedy's funeral in November 1963, Macmillan's successor as Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home, had wanted to appoint Ormsby-Gore as Foreign Secretary, but R. A. Butler had insisted on having this post as a condition of serving under Home.

The Duchess of Bourbon wanted her daughter Mademoiselle de Bourbon to wed Charles, Duke of Berry, youngest son of the Grand Dauphin.

The wish of the Duchess and Conroy to keep Victoria dependent on their will was circumvented by Lehzen, who wanted her charge to become a strong, informed woman.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence had wanted to name her Georgina, but King George IV requested her to be named Elizabeth instead.

His wife left him for good in 1881 and moved to Kiev, but the Grand Duchess refused to grant the divorce he would have wanted.

Court wanted to act in comedy films, and from 1957 to 1958 she was in the TV comedy series Dick and the Duchess.

Henry did not trust the Duchess and wanted her married to a magnate he could trust.