Duchess of Cumberland
# Duchess of Cumberland

Duchess of Cumberland is the principal courtesy title held by the wife of the Duke of Cumberland. So far only one woman has been Duchess of Cumberland alone but another has been Duchess of Cumberland & Strathearn and three more have been Duchess of Cumberland & Teviotdale. The latter title has been vacant since the dukedom's suspension in 1919.

## Countesses of Cumberland (England, 1525-1643)

Subsidiary title: Baroness de Clifford.

| Countess | Earl | Tenure |
| - | - | - |
| Margaret Talbot | 1st | Unknown-1516 |
| Margaret Percy | 1st | Unknown-1540 |
| Eleanor Brandon | 2nd | 1542-1547 |
| Anne Dacre | 2nd | c.1558-1570 |
| Margaret Russell | 3rd | 1577-1605 |
| Grishold Hughes | 4th | 1605-Unknown |
| Frances Cecil | 5th | 1641-1643 |

## Duchesses of Cumberland (England, 1689–1702)

Subsidiary titles: Countess of Kendal, Baroness Okingham.

| Duchess | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Anne of England House of Stuart 1689–1702 | | 6 February 1665 St James's Palace, Westminster – daughter of James, Duke of York and Anne Hyde | 28 July 1683 Prince George of Denmark 5 children | 1 August 1714 aged 49 |

## Duchesses of Cumberland & Strathearn (Great Britain, 1766–1790)

Subsidiary titles: Countess of Dublin

| Duchess | Portrait | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Anne Horton Luttrell family 1771–1790 | | 24 January 1743 Marylebone, London – daughter of Simon Luttrell and Judith Lawes. | 2 October 1771 Prince Henry Frederick No children | 28 December 1808 aged 49 |

## Duchesses of Cumberland & Teviotdale (Great Britain, 1799–1919)

Other titles: Queen of Hanover, Countess of Armagh

| Duchess | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
| - | - | - | - |
| Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1815–1841 | 3 March 1778 Hanover – daughter of Grand Duke Charles II and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt | 29 August 1815 The Prince Ernest Augustus 1 child | 29 June 1841 aged 63 |
| Marie of Saxe-Altenburg House of Saxe-Altenburg 1851–1878 | 14 April 1818 Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen – daughter of Duke Joseph and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg | 18 February 1843 George, Crown Prince of Hanover 3 children | 9 January 1907 aged 88 |
| Princess Thyra of Denmark House of Glücksburg 1878–1919 | 29 September 1853 Yellow Mansion, Copenhagen – daughter of King Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel | 21 December 1878 Prince Ernest Augustus 6 children | 14 November 1923 aged 78 |
