Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

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Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox KG (March 7, 1639 – December 1672) was the son of George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny and Katherine Howard, daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk.

He married, firstly, Elizabeth Rogers, after June 1659. He married, secondly, Margaret Banaster, on 31 March 1662. He married, thirdly, Frances Teresa Stewart, granddaughter of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre, in March 1667. This last marriage was famous, as Frances Stewart had been desired by Richmond's cousin, King Charles II, as a mistress.

He died (by drowning) in 1672, aged 33 at Elsinore, without issue, and his titles became extinct. He was buried on 20 September 1673 at Westminster Abbey.

The title Duke of Richmond, along with the titles Duke of Lennox and Earl of March, was resurrected for Charles II's illegitimate son by Louise de Kérouaille, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, in 1675.

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Honorary titles
Interregnum Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
1660–1672
Succeeded by
The Lord Ashley
Preceded by
The Earl of Winchilsea
The Earl of Southampton
Lord Lieutenant of Kent
1668–1672
Succeeded by
The Earl of Winchilsea
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Esmé Stewart
Duke of Richmond and Lennox
1660–1672
Extinct
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Mary Butler
Baron Clifton
1668–1672
Succeeded by
Katherine O'Brien

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