Duke of Richmond and Duke of Lennox (1675)

Created by Charles II of England
#	Name	Period	Duchess	Notes	Titles
1	Charles Lennox 1672-1723	1675-1723	Lady Anne Brudenell	Youngest illegitimate son of Charles II (by his mistress Louise de Kérouaille)	Duke of Richmond Duke of Lennox Earl of March Earl of Darnley Baron of Settrington Lord of Torboulton
2	Charles Lennox 1701-1750	1723-1750	Lady Sarah Cadogan	Son of the preceding. Also 2nd Duc d'Aubigny, having inherited that French title in 1734 on the death of his paternal grandmother Louise de Kérouaille
3	Charles Lennox 1735-1806	1750-1806	Lady Mary Bruce	Son of the preceding. Also 3rd Duc d'Aubigny
4	Charles Lennox 1764-1819	1806-1819	Lady Charlotte Gordon	Nephew of the preceding. Also 4th Duc d'Aubigny
5	Charles Gordon-Lennox 1791-1860	1819-1860	Lady Caroline Paget	Son of the preceding. Also 5th Duc d'Aubigny
6	Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox 1818-1903	1860-1903	Lady Frances Greville	Son of the preceding. In 1876 created Duke of Gordon. Also 6th Duc d'Aubigny	Duke of Richmond Duke of Lennox Duke of Gordon Earl of March Earl of Darnley Earl of Kinrara Baron of Settrington Lord of Torboulton
7	Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox 1845-1928	1903-1928	widowed	Son of the preceding. Also 7th Duc d'Aubigny
8	Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox 1870-1935	1928-1935	Hilda Brassey	Son of the preceding. Also 8th Duc d'Aubigny
9	Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox 1904-1989	1935-1989	Elizabeth Hudson	Son of the preceding. Also 9th Duc d'Aubigny
10	Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox b. 1929-2017	1989-2017	Susan Grenville-Grey	Son of the preceding. Also 10th Duc d'Aubigny
11	Charles Gordon-Lennox b. 1955	since 2017	Janet Astor	Son of the preceding. Also 11th Duc d'Aubigny

Family tree

Family tree of the
Dukes of: Aubigny, Lennox, Gordon, Richmond; Marquesses of Huntly; Earls of: Aboyne, Enzie, Huntly, Kinrara, Lennox, March, and Richmond; Viscounts: Aboyne and Inverness; and Barons/Lords: Gordon of Badenoch, Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, Meldrum, Settrington, and Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine

Mormaer of Lennox (1st creation), 12th century

William I
(c. 1142–1214)
King of Scotland

David
(1152–1219)
Mormaer of Lennox, Earl of Huntingdon

Ailín I
(d. c. 1200)
possibly Mormaer of Lennox

Isobel of Huntingdon
(1199–1251)

Ailín II
(d. 1217)
Mormaer of Lennox

Robert V de Brus
(c. 1210–1295)

Maol Domhnaich (Maldoven)
(d. 1250)
Mormaer of Lennox

Gille Chriosd

Robert VI de Brus
(1243–1304)

Maol Choluim (Malcolm) I
(d. 1303)
Mormaer of Lennox

Amlaibh

Clan MacFarlane

Robert I
(1274–1329)
King of Scotland

Maol Choluim (Malcolm) II
(d. 1333)
Mormaer of Lennox

Marjorie Bruce
(1296–1316)

Domhnall (Donald)
(d. 1365)
Mormaer of Lennox

Edward III
(1312–1377)
King of England

Robert II
(1316–1390)
King of Scotland

Margaret
Countess of Lennox (?)

Walter of Faslane
(also Baltar mac Amlaimh)
de facto Mormaer of Lennox

Resigned, 1385

Earl of Richmond (5th creation), 1342

John of Gaunt
(1340–1399)
Earl of Richmond, Duke of Lancaster

Robert III
(1337–1406)
King of Scots

Robert Stewart
(c. 1340–1420)
Duke of Albany

Donnchadh
(1385–1425)
Mormaer of Lennox

Earldom of Richmond (5th creation) surrendered, 1372

Henry IV
(1367–1413)
King of England

John Beaufort
(1373–1410)
Earl of Somerset

Murdoch Stewart
(1362-1425)
Duke of Albany

Isabella
(d. 1458)
Countess of Lennox

Earldom of Lennox (1st creation) extinct, 1458

Earl of Richmond (6th creation), 1414

Earl of Huntly, 1445

John of Lancaster
(1389–1435)
Duke of Bedford, Earl of Richmond

John Beaufort
(c. 1403–1444)
Duke of Somerset

Alexander Seton (Gordon)
(d. 1470)
1st Earl of Huntly

James I
(1394–1437)
King of Scots

Joan Beaufort
(c. 1404–1445)

James Stewart
(c. 1399 – c. 1451)
Black Knight of Lorn

Earldom of Richmond (6th creation) extinct, 1435

Earl of Richmond (7th creation), 1452

Earl of Lennox (2nd creation), 1488

Edmund Tudor
(1430–1456)
1st Earl of Richmond

Margaret Beaufort
(1443–1509)

George Gordon
(d. 1501)
2nd Earl of Huntly

Annabella of Scotland (c.1433–1509)

James II
(1430–1460)
King of Scots

John Stewart
(bef. 1430–1495)
1st Earl of Lennox

John Stewart
(c. 1440–1512)
Earl of Atholl

Henry Tudor
(1457–1509)
2nd Earl of Richmond, Henry VII
King of England

James III
(1451–1488)
King of Scots

Mary Stewart
(1453–1488)

Earldom of Richmond (7th creation) merged into the Crown, 1509

Elizabeth Hamilton

Matthew Stewart
(1460–1513)
2nd Earl of Lennox

Henry VIII
(1491–1547)
King of England

Alexander Gordon
(d. 1524)
3rd Earl of Huntly

James IV
(1473–1513)
King of Scots

Margaret Tudor
(1489–1541)

Archibald Douglas
(1489–1557)
Earl of Angus

John Stewart
(c. 1490–1526)
3rd Earl of Lennox

Elizabeth Stewart

John Gordon
(d. 1517)
Lord Gordon

Margaret Stewart
(b. 1498)

Duke of Richmond and Somerset, 1525

Earl of Lennox (4th creation), 1578

Henry Fitzroy
(1519–1536)
Duke of Richmond and Somerset

George Gordon
(1514–1562)
4th Earl of Huntly

James V
(1512–1542)
King of Scots

Margaret Douglas
(1515–1578)

Matthew Stewart
(1516–1571)
4th Earl of Lennox

Robert Stewart
(c. 1522–1586)
Earl of Lennox, Earl of March

John Stewart
(d. 1567)
6th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Dukedom of Richmond and Somerset extinct, 1536

Earldom of Lennox (2nd creation) merged with crown, 1571

Earldom of Lennox (4th creation) "exchanged" for the Earldom of March, 1580

Earl of Lennox (3rd creation), c. 1571

Earl of Lennox (5th creation), 1580
Duke of Lennox (1st creation), 1581

George Gordon
(d. 1576)
5th Earl of Huntly

Mary
(1542–1587)
Queen of Scots

Henry Stuart
(1545–1567)
Lord Darnley

Charles Stuart
(1557–1576)
Earl of Lennox

Esmé Stewart
(1542–1583)
Earl of Lennox, 1st Duke of Lennox, 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Earldom of Lennox (3rd creation) extinct, 1576

Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 1599

Earl of Richmond, Baron Settrington, 1613, Duke of Richmond (1st creation), 1623

George Gordon
(1562–1636)
1st Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 6th Earl of Huntly

James VI & I
(1566–1625)
King of England and Scotland

Ludovic Stewart
(1574–1623)
2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, Earl of Richmond, and Baron Settrington

Esmé Stewart
(1579–1624)
3rd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Earl of Richmond, 3rd Baron Settrington, 1st Earl of March, 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Dukedom of Richmond, Earldom of Richmond and Settrington Barony extinct, 1623

Viscount Aboyne, 1632

Duke of Richmond (2nd creation), 1641

George Gordon
(c. 1592–1649)
2nd Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 7th Earl of Huntly, 1st Viscount Aboyne

Charles I
(1600–1649)
King of England and Scotland

James Stewart
(1612–1655)
4th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 2nd Earl of March

George Stewart
(1619–1642)
9th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Duke of Aubigny (France), 1684

Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet, 1660

James Gordon
(c. 1620–1649)
2nd Viscount Aboyne

Lewis Gordon
(c. 1626–1653)
3rd Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 8th Earl of Huntly

Charles II
(1630–1685)
King of England and Scotland

Louise de Kérousaille
(1649–1734)
Duchess of Portsmouth, Duchess of Aubigny

Charles Gordon
(c. 1638–1681)
1st Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Esmé Stewart
(1649–1660)
5th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Earl of March

Charles Stewart
(1639–1672)
6th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 4th Earl of March, 11th Seigneur d'Aubigny

Aboyne Viscountcy extinct, 1649

Dukedoms of Lennox and Richmond and Earl of March extinct, 1672

Duke of Gordon (1st creation), Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 1684

Duke of Richmond (3rd creation), 1675, Duke of Lennox (2nd creation), Earl of March (4th creation), Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington of Settrington in the County of York (2nd creation), and Lord Torbolton, 1675

George Gordon
1st Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 4th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 9th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1672–1723)
1st Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

Charles Gordon
(c. 1670–1702)
2nd Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Alexander Gordon
(1720–1752)
2nd Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 5th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 10th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1701–1750)
2nd Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

John Gordon
(d. 1732)
3rd Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Cosmo George Gordon
(1720–1752)
3rd Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 6th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 11th Earl of Huntly

Charles Lennox
(1735–1806)
3rd Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton

George Lennox
(1737–1805)

Charles Gordon
(c. 1726–1794)
4th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet

Alexander Gordon
(1743–1827)
4th Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 7th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 12th Earl of Huntly, 1st Earl of Norwich

Baron Meldrum of Morven in the County of Aberdeen, 1815
Marquess of Huntly reverted, 1838

George Duncan Gordon
(1770–1836)
5th Duke of Gordon, Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, 8th Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon of Badenoch, 13th Earl of Huntly, 5th Earl of Enzie, 2nd Earl of Norwich

Lady Charlotte Gordon
(1768–1842)

Charles Lennox
(1764–1819)
4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, 4th Earl of March

George Gordon
(1761–1853)
9th Marquess of Huntly, 14th Earl of Huntly, 5th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 1st Baron Meldrum

Dukedom of Gordon (1st creation), Viscountcy of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine, Earldom of Norwich (4th creation), Earldom of Enzie extinct, 1836

Charles Gordon-Lennox
(1791–1860)
5th Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Earl of March

Charles Gordon
(1792–1863)
10th Marquess of Huntly, 15th Earl of Huntly, 6th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 2nd Baron Meldrum

Duke of Gordon (2nd creation) and Earl of Kinrara, 1876

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1818–1903)
6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 6th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Earl of March

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1845–1928)
7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 7th Duke of Aubigny, 7th Earl of March

Charles Gordon
(1847–1937)
11th Marquess of Huntly, 16th Earl of Huntly, 7th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 3rd Baron Meldrum

Granville Armyne Gordon
(1856–1907)

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1870–1935)
8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 8th Duke of Aubigny, 3rd Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 8th Earl of March

Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon
(1883–1930)

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1899–1919)
Lord Settrington

Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox
(1904–1989)
9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 9th Duke of Aubigny, 4th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 9th Earl of March

Douglas Charles Lindsey Gordon
(1908–1987)
12th Marquess of Huntly, 18th Earl of Huntly, 8th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 4th Baron Meldrum

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1929–2017)
10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 10th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 10th Earl of March

Charles Gordon-Lennox
(b. 1955)
11th Duke of Richmond, 11th Duke of Lennox, 11th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara, 11th Earl of March

Granville Charles Gomer Gordon
(b. 1944)
13th Marquess of Huntly, 18th Earl of Huntly, 9th Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet, 5th Baron Meldrum

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(b. 1994)
styled Earl of March and Kinrara

Alastair Gordon
(b. 1973)
styled Earl of Aboyne

Duke of Richmond and Duke of Lennox (1675)

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