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The duchess is Georgiana, a 17-year-old beauty (Keira Knightley) contracted by her mother, Lady Spencer (Charlotte Rampling), to marry England's most powerful aristocrat, the Duke of Devonshire.
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Based on a true story, as they say in the movies, the tale traces the cosseted, tightly corseted late-18th-century life of Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, one of those gilded-cage.
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The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
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Home Visit Chatsworth Chatsworth Estate History of Chatsworth Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) Duchess Georgiana is one of the most widely recognised and complex characters in Chatsworth's story.
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Keira Knightley is no stranger to a period drama and was cast as Georgiana Spencer in the 2008 film, The Duchess, which was said to closely mirror the life of the late Diana, Princess of Wales..
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A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. Director Saul Dibb Writers Jeffrey Hatcher Anders Thomas Jensen Saul Dibb Stars Keira Knightley Ralph Fiennes Dominic Cooper See production info at IMDbPro STREAMING RENT/BUY from $3.89 search Amazon
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Below is the detailed biography of Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire in the Regency Era. She was a known style icon, political organizer and author. She was born into the Spencer family of English nobility. She was the most talked about Duchess of England with regards to her many love affairs and gambling habits. Table of Contents
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Dr. Amanda Foreman presents a talk about one of the most famous residents of Chatsworth House: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.Dr. Foreman, who wrote the aw.
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Georgiana is well aware that she has only two primary responsibilities as Duchess: (1) to produce a male heir for the Duke; (2) to be loyal to him. However, their marriage is not as she expects, where he pays more attention to his dogs than he does to her. Even their lovemaking is cold and clinical.
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Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire By AMANDA FOREMAN Random House. Read the Review. Debutante Georgiana was only fourteen when people began to speculate on her choice of husband. Lady Spencer thought it would be a dreadful mistake if she married too young. "I hope not to part with her till 18 at the soonest," she told a friend in 1771.37 Her.
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Georgiana was an outspoken liberal, a supporter of the American and French revolutions, a campaigner for one Whig prime minister ( Charles Fox) and the lover of another (Charles Grey, whose daughter she bore). She was a feminist who dared to speak publicly on politics, although she accepted that women did not have the vote. Advertisement
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Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire.
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Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds The Duchess was born Miss Georgiana Spencer, on 7 June 1757, [4] as the first child of John Spencer (later Earl Spencer) and his wife, Georgiana (née Poyntz, later Countess Spencer), at the Spencer family home, Althorp. [3]
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Shutterstock 3. High Demand As the first daughter of a super-powerful and rich family, Georgiana was one heck of a catch. The heiress' beauty also brought her bonus points on the marriage market. With her long auburn hair, fair skin, and almond-shaped eyes. Georgiana was a full-on babe. Can you blame suitors for wanting her hand in marriage?
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'Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire' was a number one best seller in England, and best seller for many weeks in the United States. It has been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Turkish, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The book was nominated for several awards and won the.
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28 January 2021 Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, between 1785 and 1787 She was the charming and beautiful Georgian noblewoman immortalised by Keira Knightley in the 2008 film, The Duchess, and the great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.
