When Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond was born on 29 July 1672, in London, Middlesex, England, his father, Charles ll Stuart King of England, was 42 and his mother, Louise de Kéroualle, was 22. He married Anne Brudenell, Duchess of Richmond about 10 January 1692, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. In 1715, at the age of 43, his occupation is listed as privy councilor of ireland. He died on 27 May 1723, in Chichester, Sussex, England, at the age of 50, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom.
From a Germanic word, karl, meaning ‘free man’, akin to Old English ceorl ‘man’. The name, Latin form Carolus, owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Carolus—or Karl, the German form—was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel ( 688–741 ). Charles is the French form. The name occurs occasionally in medieval Britain as Karolus or Carolus; it had a certain vogue in West Yorkshire from the 1400s, particularly among gentry families. The form Charles was chosen by Mary Queen of Scots ( 1542–87 ), who had been brought up in France, for her son, Charles James ( 1566–1625 ), who became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603 , James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles , and the name thus became established in the 17th century both in the Stuart royal house and among English and Scottish supporters of the Stuart monarchy. In the 18th century it was to some extent favoured, along with James , by Jacobites, supporters of the exiled Stuarts, opposed to the Hanoverian monarchy, especially in the Highlands of Scotland. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further enhanced by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, leader of the 1745 rebellion.
British Aristocracy. Born the illegitimate son of Charles II, King of Great Britain and Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. He was created Earl of March, Baron of Settrington, 1st Duke of Ric …
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