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![]() Katherine, Duchess of Buckingham, with her son George, 1628 (detail of larger portrait). | |
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Born | Lady Katherine Manners 1603 Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England |
Died | 1649 Waterford, Ireland |
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Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham, Marchioness of Antrim, 18th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley (née Lady Katherine Manners; died 1649) was an English aristocrat. The daughter and heiress of Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, she was known as the richest woman in Britain outside of the royal family. She married first George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, the favourite, and possibly lover, of King James I of England; and secondly, she married the Irish peer Randal MacDonnell, 1st Marquess of Antrim.