Qui es va casar amb William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland?
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland s'ha casat amb William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland el . William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland tenia 25 anys el dia del casament (25 anys, 4 mesos i 10 dies). Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland tenia 19 anys el dia del casament (19 anys, 5 mesos i 0 dies). La diferència d'edat era de 5 anys, 11 mesos i 10 dies.
El matrimoni va durar 27 anys, 9 mesos i 20 dies (1007 dies). El matrimoni va acabar l'. Causa: mort del cònjuge
William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland: Cronologia de l'estat matrimonial
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William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician.
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Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was the richest woman in Great Britain of her time, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785.
The duchess, an heiress on a huge scale had the largest natural history collection in the country, complete with its own curator, the parson-naturalist John Lightfoot, and the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander. Her collection included costly art objects such as the Portland Vase. Her ambition for her collection was for it to contain and to describe every living species.
She was a member of the Blue Stockings Society, a group of social intellectuals led by women and founded by her great friend Elizabeth Montagu.
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