tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post2966673895753954938..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806)Rachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-49246796320104993682016-09-29T09:49:24.322+01:002016-09-29T09:49:24.322+01:00have watched the film and researched Georgiana and...have watched the film and researched Georgiana and she was sold into marriage no doubt of that for one purpose, which was to give the Duke an heir. His position made it imperative that there was someone to inherit the Title, and love did not come into it thus people had affairs, looking for what the arranged marriage did not give, love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14755727908914934638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-63315192514718560282016-08-03T16:09:41.918+01:002016-08-03T16:09:41.918+01:00Thank you. I think that Georgiana would have done ...Thank you. I think that Georgiana would have done well as a modern-day politician, but I am not sure that she had a direct influence on the the UK becoming more liberal. In what way did you mean?Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-47621104490285425012016-07-23T12:13:30.761+01:002016-07-23T12:13:30.761+01:00Great article. I love it. Great article. I love it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02761613125996187301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-33042588615184121282016-07-23T10:06:10.397+01:002016-07-23T10:06:10.397+01:00Loved the post ! Just a thought but didn't geo...Loved the post ! Just a thought but didn't georgina have a influence on a more liberal UK Today? Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703094080140833512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-49185736738373728482016-07-20T15:53:01.560+01:002016-07-20T15:53:01.560+01:00Georgiana Lehanceanu
Georgiana Lehanceanu<br />Georgiana Lehaceanunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-81089018758461803412016-07-20T15:52:28.545+01:002016-07-20T15:52:28.545+01:00I love this blog more than any I have ever read in...I love this blog more than any I have ever read in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Georgiana Lehaceanunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-37269241196822818072016-07-18T15:14:51.188+01:002016-07-18T15:14:51.188+01:00The Duke was born Dec 1748, so he was 8 1/2 years ...The Duke was born Dec 1748, so he was 8 1/2 years older than Georgiana. Bess was a year younger than Georgiana. As far as I'm aware, it didn't affect the Duke's position at all.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-485580040213966502016-07-16T18:06:45.916+01:002016-07-16T18:06:45.916+01:00I watched the movie "The Dutches" again ...I watched the movie "The Dutches" again for the second time as many of your readers it seems, and more than the assumed roles and breeding marriage arrangements the abuse condoned by even the victims turned my stomach! I survived and abusive childhood when these things were still not talked about or acknowledged and an abusive marriage and even in the early 2000s this wasn't such a bad thing. Striking another human out of anger or because you are such a big baby you have to have a violent tantrum to control your partner is and should never have been or never be acceptable!!!<br /><br />I think the actors did a wonderful job with their roles and making me believe their characters stories. I hope G found happiness later in life.<br /><br />One question I have yet to find the answer to (easily) if the age difference b/t her and the Duke and how old was Bess? When G dies in her 40s the two cheaters married but didn't marrying a tarnished woman effect his position in society or is it another case of men win and women lose again?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811980956529287078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-45662155115268317442016-07-16T16:59:54.577+01:002016-07-16T16:59:54.577+01:00Great blog Rachel. Congrats.Great blog Rachel. Congrats.Yanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341275042205638102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-13420764253254765872016-07-10T08:09:39.326+01:002016-07-10T08:09:39.326+01:00I'm doing a paper on the duchess of devonshire...I'm doing a paper on the duchess of devonshire. I was wondering if she had any relation to Queen Elizabeth I?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-26910604187062491832016-06-18T18:37:11.916+01:002016-06-18T18:37:11.916+01:00nice postnice postkuddusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-895581895901675022016-06-05T18:48:10.600+01:002016-06-05T18:48:10.600+01:00I'm so glad that the film inspired you to find...I'm so glad that the film inspired you to find out more about the real woman. There was a lot more to her than the film shows. :)Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-12016244707812718482016-06-04T01:50:25.937+01:002016-06-04T01:50:25.937+01:00love your blog!! i just watched The movie and want...love your blog!! i just watched The movie and wanted to find more about G when i found your informative blog 😊 thank you for sharing all of that with us 😊😊Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-58376731770214595502016-03-18T14:32:59.105+00:002016-03-18T14:32:59.105+00:00Very interesting story. Just finished watching The...Very interesting story. Just finished watching The Duchess with Kiera Knightley and prompted me to learn more about this fascinating woman. The certainly had some strange rules of living back then. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-83203872271419437372015-12-12T05:06:54.436+00:002015-12-12T05:06:54.436+00:00I have enjoyed reading your article and comments....I have enjoyed reading your article and comments. Thanks for sharing them.<br />A query: I'm sure I've read somewhere that the Duke was devastated when she died and went into a decline. Have I imagined this?<br />A comment: I'm sure that I've read a travel diary by the Duchess and that she had her son with her as they went through Europe to Venice and then Turkey. I clearly remember her comments about the dress of the women in the harem. Maybe I'm imagining that as well?Dankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13174218545824540078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-20134931591842680542015-12-11T13:56:17.440+00:002015-12-11T13:56:17.440+00:00I appreciate your comments, but during this period...I appreciate your comments, but during this period of history it was quite normal to refer to women as being "ruined". In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen writes of Lydia's "ruin":<br />"Elizabeth, though she did not credit above half of what was said, believed enough to make her former assurance of her sister's ruin more certain."Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-49556384589478899662015-12-10T22:07:55.196+00:002015-12-10T22:07:55.196+00:00Hi, I encourage you to rethink your phrase "w...Hi, I encourage you to rethink your phrase "which almost ruined her." If you think about it more deeply, that is a very sexist comment. She would not actually be ruined. Instead I would say, "As extra marital affairs were not permitted for women publicly at the time, Georgiana had to end the affair or be separated from her children forever (as her husband threatened)."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-64163806660940241642015-11-30T20:02:05.686+00:002015-11-30T20:02:05.686+00:00Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the blog. I don&#...Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the blog. I don't tend to write about the seedier side of life but some Georgians did write about such things including James Boswell and Hester Thrale in their diaries. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-84168204482239338532015-11-29T05:31:06.015+00:002015-11-29T05:31:06.015+00:00Amazing blog! I wonder why there is little mention...Amazing blog! I wonder why there is little mention of STD's and other sexual diseases going around in this era, given all the affaires and multiple partners these married couples got themselves in. I wonder if it is like today....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-25108908676269075882015-08-06T16:12:24.007+01:002015-08-06T16:12:24.007+01:00For many women, Charlotte Lucas' words must ha...For many women, Charlotte Lucas' words must have rung true - that happiness in marriage was a matter of chance. It is hard for us to fully accept the idea that marriage really was the only option for a lady, unless she was to descend into poverty, dependent upon the charity of others. It is hardly surprising that many chose a home of their own rather than risk the alternative.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-86740660943887803352015-07-24T14:43:25.897+01:002015-07-24T14:43:25.897+01:00Thank you so much for your blog.Having researched ...Thank you so much for your blog.Having researched this era for a number of years I have found the difference shown between modern life and the truth of the "Marriage Mart" to be misunderstood. It appears that life for a "Lady of gentle birth" was steeped in fears and desperation. <br />For a start, there were far more women than men searching for a life partner, and money was the key. Can you imagine how that would concentrate the mind? No wonder Mrs. Bennet was so happy to have three of her daughters married off so quickly! A woman without a man was considered less than the cattle on the estate; and a woman alone was open to scandal, ridicule and abuse of every kind, some ending their lives in destitution. Hence the need to find a mate as quickly as possible. Add to that the time limits and cost of the Season, and I am not surprised so many marriages were of the "convenient" style. If we also take into account the difference only a decade or two can make to the way we view life; the changes in language and beliefs; we can begin to have a small understanding of the naievity portrayed by the Bennets. To them it was a way of life, and much of that life was understood but never spoken of the way we do today. I was lucky (in some small way) to be born in the 1940's. My own mother was a land girl; her father being a general and very victorian by nature. This has, I hope, given me a clearer insight into this fascinating genre and the composition of my own books.<br />Regards<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-17220980448294433982015-06-03T14:32:41.468+01:002015-06-03T14:32:41.468+01:00It is hard for western women today to contemplate ...It is hard for western women today to contemplate the position of women in the past without feeling dismayed. I think Georgiana's position was particularly sad. Her parents did not force her into marrying the Duke - she was happy with the match. Maybe she was too young to understand what she was getting herself into - a marriage made for bloodlines and convenience not love. Having said that, many people today who supposedly marry for love don't seem to be any happier in marriage than she was. :(Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-41529795549258555592015-05-21T08:03:34.338+01:002015-05-21T08:03:34.338+01:00Hi Rachel!!
The first time I watched The Dutchess...Hi Rachel!!<br /><br />The first time I watched The Dutchess it infuriated me!! <br /><br />It's so different how women we're treated compared to today, where the pendulum has gone the other way. I'm talking about N. America, the UK, and Europe, as, I know that in some parts of the world that women are just baby makers and slaves to their husbands even today and that is something to shake your head about!!<br /><br />Thank you for explaining it simply for us to understand!! It always depends where my blood sugars are at, whether I can understand what I'm reading and your information was perfect!!<br /><br />Sometimes I think it was better to work at a farm and marry someone I loved, rather, than be wealthy and be forced to have sex with this stranger.<br /><br />I'm happy to be me!!<br /><br />I hope you have a beautiful summer!!<br /><br />Pam<br />😊PamLuvsPinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894521704333998169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-20907545402617281872015-05-01T16:30:48.568+01:002015-05-01T16:30:48.568+01:00Glad you enjoyed it. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonsh...Glad you enjoyed it. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, is an engaging character, both on the page and as depicted on screen. Sadly, she did not always make wise choices (eg re her gambling) and some parts of her story are very sad. :(Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-74585587069672141562015-04-30T03:29:16.774+01:002015-04-30T03:29:16.774+01:00I'm watching The Duchess on Netflix and wanted...I'm watching The Duchess on Netflix and wanted the real history ---thanks to you taking the time to create this page, I can go back to the movie knowing more about the duchess. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428901962468984462noreply@blogger.com