Duke Dudley is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically, Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Created Duchesses of England, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
Summary
23rd May 1644. Alice Leigh 1st Duchess Dudley [aged 66] created.
22nd January 1669. Alice Leigh 1st Duchess Dudley extinct.
On 23rd May 1644 Alice Leigh 1st Duchess Dudley [aged 66] was created 1st Duchess Dudley by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] for life. Her husband Robert Dudley [aged 69] had claimed to be the legitimate son of Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester but the Star Chamber found against him. King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland disagreed with their verdict and, in compensation of her subsequent treatment, awarded her the Dukedom... See Patent of Creation.
On 22nd January 1669 Alice Leigh 1st Duchess Dudley [aged 91] died in the parish St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. She was buried at Church of the Virgin Mary, Stoneleigh [Map]. Duke Dudley extinct since it was created for life only.