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The Jacobite Duchess - Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnell, c.1649-1731 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,656
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The Jacobite Duchess - Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnell, c.1649-1731 (Hardcover): Frances Nolan

The Jacobite Duchess - Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnell, c.1649-1731 (Hardcover)

Frances Nolan

Series: Irish Historical Monographs

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The fascinating life of Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, charting her marriages and changes of fortune, her exile and return, her ambition, political manoeuvring and sincere piety. Frances Jennings, elder sister of Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, had an interesting and eventful life, most notably as the influential wife of Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell, Catholic viceroy of Ireland under James II. Born circa 1649 into a Hertfordshire gentry family, she was a noted beauty at the Restoration court. There, she met and married George Hamilton, a Catholic officer who, after 1667, served in Louis XIV's army. In Paris, Frances raised three daughters, converted to Catholicism, and became an active member of the English Catholic emigre community. Following Hamilton's death, she remarried to Richard Talbot. As vicereine of Ireland, Frances helped re-establish Catholic hegemony, assisting in the foundation of convents and re-consecration of Christ Church cathedral. During the Williamite-Jacobite War in Ireland (1689-91), Frances fled to James II's exiled court in France. In 1691, she received word that her husband, now Jacobite duke of Tyrconnell, had died. Attainted for high treason, she used the Marlboroughs' influence to recover her Irish estates. In 1708, she returned to Dublin, where she died in 1731. Highlighting Frances's political manoeuvrings, religious identity and deep family attachments, this book portrays a complex and contested figure, a woman who acted on multiple stages, in diverse roles, challenging expectations of rank, gender, and 'nationality' in unexpected ways.

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Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Irish Historical Monographs
Release date: September 2021
First published: 2021
Authors: Frances Nolan
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-614-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
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LSN: 1-78327-614-2
Barcode: 9781783276141

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