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Hon. Catherine „Kitty“ Sarah Dorothea Pakenham (Ehename: Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, * 14. Januar 1773; † 24. oder 25. April 1831 in Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, Mayfair, London, England) war die Tochter von Edward Michael Pakenham, 2. Baron Longford (1743–1792), und Catherine Rowley († 1816).
Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (née Pakenham; 14 January 1773 – 24 April 1831), known before her marriage as Kitty Pakenham, was the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
- Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham, 14 January 1773, Dublin, Ireland
- Edward Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford, Catherine Rowley
- 24 April 1831 (aged 58), Apsley House, London, England
- Hercules Langford Rowley (grandfather)
14. Jan. 2019 · Learn about the life and marriage of Catherine Sarah Dorothea Wellesley, also known as Kitty Pakenham, the wife of the famous British general and statesman Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Discover how they met, why they married, and how they lived apart despite having two sons.
Originally published in 2011. The marriage of Arthur Wellesley to Catherine Sarah Dorothea Pakenham, third daughter of the Earl of Longford, took place on 10 April, 1796 and may be the strangest marriage I’ve come across in the annals of Georgian, Regency and Victorian alliances.
Hon. Catherine „Kitty“ Sarah Dorothea Pakenham (Ehename: Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, * 14. Januar 1773; † 24. oder 25. April 1831 in Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, Mayfair, London, England) war die Tochter von Edward Michael Pakenham, 2. Baron Longford (1743–1792), und Catherine Rowley
Wellington first courted Catherine (Kitty) Pakenham in Dublin in 1792. He was a debt-ridden 23-year-old captain of light dragoons. Kitty was the 19-year-old daughter of the Earl of Longford, an Irish peer. She was pretty, with a sweet disposition, and she and her suitor had some interests in common, including an enjoyment of music and books ...
Catherine Pakenham, for example, usually known as Kitty, was the sister of the second Earl of Longford, and in 1806 she married the Duke of Wellington, conqueror of Napoleon. History's...
