Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albermarle
Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albermarle
	Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born	Lady Anne Lennox; 24 June 1703
Died	20 October 1789 (aged 86)
Spouse	William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
Children	George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle; Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel; Hon. William Keppel; Hon. Frederick Keppel; Lady Caroline Adair; Elizabeth Russell, Marchioness of Tavistock
Parent(s)	Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond; Anne Brudenell
Relatives	Charles II of England (paternal grandfather)

Anne van Keppel (24 June 1703 – 20 October 1789) was born Lady Anne Lennox, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell. Her father Charles was an illegitimate child of King Charles II, thus making her his granddaughter.^[1]

On 21 February 1722, she married the 2nd Earl of Albemarle at Caversham, Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), whereupon she became Countess of Albemarle. She was the mother to six children;^[1]

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724–1772)
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725–1786)
Lt.-Gen. Hon. William Keppel (1727–1782)
Rt. Rev. Hon. Frederick Keppel (1728–1777)
Lady Caroline Keppel (1734–?), who married Robert Adair
Lady Elizabeth Keppel (1739–1768), who married Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, and is a maternal ancestor of both wives of Prince Charles: Diana, Princess of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

From 1725 to 1737, she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline. Anne died in 1789 at Admiralty House at age 86.^[1]

Titles and styles

24 June 1703 - 21 February 1722: The Lady Anne Lennox
21 February 1722 - 22 December 1754: The Right Honourable The Countess of Albemarle
22 December 1754 - 20 October 1789: The Right Honourable The Dowager Countess of Albemarle

Ancestry

Family of Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

16. James I of England

8. Charles I of England

17. Anne of Denmark

4. Charles II of England

18. Henry IV of France

9. Henrietta Maria of France

19. Marie de' Medici

2. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond

20. René de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kérouaille et Villeneuve

10. Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kérouaille

21. Julienne Emery du Pont-l'Abbé, Dame du Chef du Bois

5. Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth

22. Sébastien de Ploeuc, Marquis du Timeur et de Kergolay

11. Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur

23. Marie de Rieux

1. Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

24. Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan

12. Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan

25. Mary Tresham

6. Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell

26. Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage

13. Anne Savage

27. Elizabeth Darcy, Countess Rivers

3. Anne Brudenell

28. John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret

14. Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex

29. Elizabeth Cary

7. Frances Savile

30. Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey

15. Anne Villiers

31. Elizabeth Sheldon

References

^ ^a ^b ^c G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 94.

[Peerage-1] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 94.

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