Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

Anne van Keppel (24 June 1703 – 20 October 1789) was born Lady Anne Lennox, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell. Her father Charles was an illegitimate child of King Charles II, thus making her his granddaughter.^[1]

On 21 February 1722, she married the 2nd Earl of Albemarle at Caversham, Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), whereupon she became Countess of Albemarle. She was the mother to six children;^[1]

• George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724–1772)
• Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (1725–1786)
• Lt.-Gen. Hon. William Keppel (1727–1782)
• Rt. Rev. Hon. Frederick Keppel (1728–1777)
• Lady Caroline Keppel (1734–?), who married Robert Adair
• Lady Elizabeth Keppel (1739–1768), who married Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, and is a maternal ancestor of both wives of Prince Charles: Diana, Princess of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

From 1725 to 1737, she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline. Anne died in 1789 at Admiralty House at age 86.^[1]

Titles

• 24 June 1703 - 21 February 1722: Lady Anne Lennox
• 21 February 1722 - 22 December 1754: Anne, Countess of Albemarle
• 22 December 1754 - 20 October 1789: Anne, Dowager Countess of Albemarle

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle

16. James I of England               8. Charles I of England                       17. Anne of Denmark               4. Charles II of England                             18. Henry IV of France               9. Henrietta Maria of France                       19. Marie de' Medici               2. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond                                   20. René de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kérouaille et Villeneuve               10. Guillaume de Penancoët, Seigneur de Kérouaille                       21. Julienne Emery du Pont-l'Abbé, Dame du Chef du Bois               5. Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth                             22. Sébastien de Ploeuc, Marquis du Timeur et de Kergolay               11. Marie de Ploeuc de Timeur                       23. Marie de Rieux               1. Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle                                         24. Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan               12. Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan                       25. Mary Tresham               6. Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell                             26. Thomas Savage, 1st Viscount Savage               13. Anne Savage                       27. Elizabeth Darcy, Countess Rivers               3. Anne Brudenell                                   28. John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pomfret               14. Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex                       29. Elizabeth Cary               7. Frances Savile                             30. Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey               15. Anne Villiers                       31. Elizabeth Sheldon

References

1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 94.