The Duchess of Kent is the title given to the wife of the Duke of Kent.
Five women have held the title:
- Jemima (died 1728), daughter of Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe, first wife of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
- Sophia (died 1748), daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, second wife of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861), wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, mother of Queen Victoria
- Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906–1968), wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent
- Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born 1933), wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (present incumbent)
Famous quotes containing the words duchess of, duchess and/or kent:
“Duchess of York. Good madam, be not angry with the child.
Queen Elizabeth. Pitchers have ears.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“Main Street was never the same. I read Gide and tried to
translate Proust. Now nothing is real except French wine.
For absurdity is reality, my loneliness unreal, my mind tired.
And I shall die an old Parisian.”
—Conrad Kent Rivers (1933–1968)