Duchess of Kent
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The Duchess of Kent is the woman who is married to the Duke of Kent, as the actual peerage is a male position.
The present holder of the title is Katharine, The Duchess of Kent (formerly Katharine Worsley) by virtue of her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. The last before her to have the title was Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. The other famous Duchess of Kent was the mother of Queen Victoria, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. There has not been another Duchess of Kent because Kent did not become a dukedom until the year 1710, promoting the 12th Earl of Kent who died without marriage or issue, thus rendering the new dukedom a defunct title until it was revived for one of the sons of King George III, the Prince Edward Augustus Hanover who was the father of Queen Victoria. However, there has been many holders of the title Countess of Kent and the first was probably Margaret Wake. There are no sources to confirm that assumption, so it is safer to say that Joan of Kent, who was Margaret Wake's daughter, was in fact the first Countess of Kent.
--Casiraghitrio 02:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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