Skip to content
Category

Wives of knights

page 1
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers, particularly in the mystery genre.
Theresa May
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
Vivien Leigh
British actress
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline, Lady Beckham, is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. After the Spice Girls disbanded in 2000, Beckham signed with Virgin Records to release her debut solo album Victoria Beckham, which produced two UK Top 10 singles. Beckham has also become an internationally recognised style icon and fashion designer.
Claudia Schiffer
German model
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal, is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the sister of King Charles III. Third in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, she is 18th in line as of 2026. She has held the title of Princess Royal since 1987.
Daphne du Maurier
British writer (1907–1989)
Catherine Parr
sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor
Joan Plowright
British actress (1929–2025)
Linda McCartney
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
Catherine of Valois
Queen consort of England
Merle Oberon
British actress (1911-1979)
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist
Elizabeth Woodville
Queen consort of England
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)
Barbara Bach
American actress
Matilda of Boulogne
Countess of Boulogne and Queen Consort of England (1105-1152)
Margaret Beaufort
noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
British duchess (1660-1744)
Vita Sackville-West
English writer, poet, and gardener (1892–1962)
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1846–1923)
Emma Thomas
British film producer (born 1971)
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Member of the House of Windsor
Clementine Churchill
Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977)
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Viceregal consort of Canada (1848–1939)
Joan of Navarre
Queen of England, Duchess of Britain (1368-1437)
Vera Brittain
English writer (1893-1970)
Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy
member of the British royal family
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815)
Beatrice of Portugal
Queen of Castile, Pretender Queen of Portugal
Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent
wife of Prince Michael of Kent
Oona O'Neill
American-British actress (1925–1991)
Cherie Blair
British barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (born 1954)
Olave Baden-Powell
(1889-1977) World Chief Guide
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Member of the House of Windsor
Penelope Wilton
English actress
Princess Patricia of Connaught
British princess (1886-1974); younger daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1886–1974)
Margaret Drabble
British novelist, biographer, and critic
Alma Reville
English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)
Mary de Bohun
wife of King Henry IV of England
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester
wife of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Laura Kenny
British cyclist (1992-)
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)
Susan Hampshire
British actress
Elizabeth Thompson
British artist (1846–1933)
Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
Prussian and British Royal
Heather Mills
former glamour model, activist
Katie Boyle
Italian-born British actress, presenter (1926-2018)
Joan of Kent
English noblewoman (1328-1385)
Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire
English noble (1480-1538)
Cleo Laine
English jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
Marguerite Pindling
Bahamian politician
Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
Belgian princess, youngest child of Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian, Princess of Réthy
Katherine Swynford
Third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Magdalena Kožená
Czech mezzo-soprano
Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
British artist (1852–1909)
Antonia Fraser
British author and novelist
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
English duchess
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
British aristocrat (1901-1960)
Rebecca Miller
American filmmaker and novelist (born 1962)