Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley
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Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley (née
Stanhope; born 1 March 1970) is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family
. She was born in Limerick, Ireland.
, the son of the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
. She is the daughter of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington and the former Virginia Freeman Jackson. Viscountess Linley's parents divorced when she was 13 years old. Through her father she descends from Charles II of England
through his illegitimate child Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
. She also descends from Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
through the 2nd Duke of Grafton
's wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset and the portrait painter, William Armfield Hobday.
. Lord and Lady Linley have two children, The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
, born in 1999, and The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones
, born in 2002.
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Stanhope; born 1 March 1970) is an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and a member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
. She was born in Limerick, Ireland.
Background
She was born The Hon. Serena Stanhope and is the wife of Viscount LinleyDavid Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
-Ancestry:-External links:* * * *...
, the son of the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
. She is the daughter of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington and the former Virginia Freeman Jackson. Viscountess Linley's parents divorced when she was 13 years old. Through her father she descends from Charles II of England
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
through his illegitimate child Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton KG was the illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine....
by Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland was an English courtesan and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of which were acknowledged and subsequently ennobled...
. She also descends from Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester was the legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill.-Biography:He was born around 1460 to Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill...
through the 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG PC was an Irish and English politician.He was born the only child of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington...
's wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset and the portrait painter, William Armfield Hobday.
Marriage
Stanhope married Lord Linley on 8 October 1993 at St. Margaret's ChurchSt. Margaret's, Westminster
The Anglican church of St. Margaret, Westminster Abbey is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the parish church of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London...
. Lord and Lady Linley have two children, The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
Charles Armstrong-Jones
Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones is the son of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. He is a great-grandson of King George VI of the United Kingdom....
, born in 1999, and The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones
Margarita Armstrong-Jones
The Honourable Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones is the only daughter of Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley. She was born three months after the death of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and a month and a half after the death of her great-grandmother...
, born in 2002.
Titles
- 1 March 1971–8 October 1993: The Honourable Miss Serena Alleyne Stanhope
- 8 October 1993–present: Viscountess Linley
External links
- Serena Alleyne Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley (1970-), Daughter of Viscount Petersham (National Portrait Gallery photographs)