This week, join us for a journey 500 years in the making! Off to Derbyshire we go to spend some time at Chatsworth, the ancestral home of the Cavendish family and the Dukes and Duchesses of Devonshire through time.

There were many women who claimed the Duchess title, and a few who did not. We explore them all - from Bess of Hardwick, the lady who begins it all, to Georgiana Spencer and Deborah Mitford, the ones who did attain the title, as well as the ones who did not, including Lady Caroline Lamb, Adele Astaire, and Kick Kennedy.

Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1646–1710), wife of the first duke
Rachel Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1674 – 1725), wife of the second duke
Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1700–1777), wife of the third duke
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), first wife of the fifth duke
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759–1824), second wife of the fifth duke
Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1832–1911), wife of the eighth duke
Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960), wife of the ninth duke
Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988), wife of the tenth duke
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920–2014), wife of the eleventh duke
Amanda Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (born 1944), wife of the twelfth duke

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99. Chatsworth and The Duchesses of Devonshire