Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
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Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard (née Constable-Maxwell), Duchess of Norfolk (11 January 1877–28 August 1945) was a daughter of the 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife, Angela (née Fitzalan-Howard).

On 5 February 1904, she married her first cousin once removed
Cousin chart
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...

, the 15th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist...

 and became Duchess of Norfolk. The couple later had four children:
  • Lady (Mary) Rachel Fitzalan-Howard
    Lady Rachel Pepys
    Lady Rachel Pepys, DCVO was a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1943 – 1968.Born Mary Rachel Fitzalan-Howard, she was the eldest child of the 15th Duke of Norfolk and his wife, Gwendolen....

     (1905-1992)
  • Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
    Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk
    Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, who died when Bernard was only 9 years old...

     (1908-1975)
  • Lady Katherine Mary Fitzalan-Howard (1912–2000)
  • Lady Winefride Alice Fitzalan-Howard (1914-2006)


Upon the death of her father in 1908, she, as the eldest child and daughter, inherited his title as 12th Lady Herries of Terregles.
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