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Sarah, Duchess of York

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Sarah Margaret Ferguson (born 15 October 1959), formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known by the nickname Fergie, is a British author and the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (then Prince Andrew, Duke of York), the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and younger brother of King Charles III. Ferguson was raised in Dummer, Hampshire, and attended the Queen's Secretarial College. She later worked for public relations firms in London and for a publishing company. She began a relationship with Andrew in 1985, and they were married on 23 July 1986 at Westminster Abbey, upon which she became Duchess of York. They have two daughters: Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Sarah, Duchess of York is the 1,195th most popular writer (up from 1,223rd in 2024), the 1,090th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 907th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Writer.

Sarah, Duchess of York is most famous for her marriage to Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was born in London on October 17, 1959, and married Andrew in 1986.

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Among writers, Sarah, Duchess of York ranks 1,195 out of 7,302. Before her are Monique Wittig, Michael Connelly, Ljudevit Gaj, Marshall Rosenberg, Ugo Foscolo, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. After her are Rigas Feraios, Asconius Pedianus, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Rosamunde Pilcher, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve.

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Among people born in 1959, Sarah, Duchess of York ranks 49. Before her are Abdullah of Pahang, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Kelly Lynch, Brian Thompson, Filipe Nyusi, and Moza bint Nasser. After her are Ameenah Gurib, Inger Nilsson, Christian Wulff, Ramón Díaz, Rigoberta Menchú, and Susanna Hoffs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah, Duchess of York ranks 1,090 out of 8,785. Before her are Pete Townshend (1945), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Joseph Banks (1743), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506). After her are Karl Jenkins (1944), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Frank Lloyd (1886), Tom Hardy (1977), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), and William Adelin (1103).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Sarah, Duchess of York ranks 118. Before her are Tony Buzan (1942), Oliver Sacks (1933), Len Deighton (1929), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), David Lodge (1935), and P. G. Wodehouse (1881). After her are Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Diana Mosley (1910), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), John William Polidori (1795), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), and Michael Jackson (1942).

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