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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. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Catholic charity work following her conversion to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Shand Kydd is the 523rd most popular nobleman (down from 389th in 2019), the 1,636th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,231st in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 523 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 1,636 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 49. Before her are Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480). After her are 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), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), and Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415).

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