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Frances Shand Kydd

1936 - 2004

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Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, née Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was the maternal grandmother of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively first and fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. Born into British aristocracy, she was the daughter of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, and Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, a confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted her later years to Catholic charity work after converting to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Frances Shand Kydd is the 525th most popular nobleman (down from 390th in 2024), the 1,635th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,230th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 525 out of 1,415. Before her are Beatrice of Silesia, Barbara Zápolya, Sancha of Aragon, Humbert II, Count of Savoy, Françoise d'Alençon, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. After her are Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Bertrand, Count of Toulouse, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 139. Before her are Christiane Martel, Henry Lee Lucas, Jim Henson, Jo Siffert, Raimonds Pauls, and Masako Nozawa. After her are Nino Castelnuovo, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Omar Suleiman, Roger Whittaker, Horst Mahler, and Dan Inosanto. Among people deceased in 2004, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 80. Before her are Lennart Bernadotte, Serge Reggiani, Thanom Kittikachorn, Sacha Distel, Zenkō Suzuki, and Jean Rouch. After her are Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Gordon Cooper, Harold Shipman, John Charles, Alan King, and Marco Pantani.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 1,635 out of 8,785. Before her are Mike Hailwood (1940), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Peter Shaffer (1926), Dave Sexton (1930), George Grenville (1712), and George Bentham (1800). After her are Anthony Trollope (1815), John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), and Lucinda Riley (1965).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 50. Before her are John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480). After her are Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), and Eleanor of Woodstock (1318).

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