Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Georgina Susan Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (born 30 January 1962), was born Georgina Susan Gore, the daughter of John Temple ("Jack") Gore (1931-) and Serena Margaret Mounsey. Her parents divorced in 1969, and on 15 October 1969 her father married Antonia McMullen. He holds some ancestral connection to Earl Temple of Stowe. Duchess Georgina descends from Helen Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, through the latter's eldest daughter Lady Elizabeth, married Smyth of Ashton (according to Leo van de Pas, Genealogics) - thus the Duchess is one of descendants of Agnes Haakonsdottir of Borgarsyssel, daughter of king Haakon V of Norway.

Lord Arundel succeeded to the Dukedom of Norfolk in 2002, and Lady Arundel then became the Duchess of Norfolk.

Personal life

Georgina married the then Earl of Arundel and Surrey, son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell, on 27 June 1987 at Arundel Cathedral. She has stood in for Her Majesty the Queen in rehearsals for the State Opening of Parliament.

They have five children (three sons and two daughters):
*Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel, b. 3 December 1987
*Lady Rachel Rose Fitzalan-Howard, b. 10 June 1989
*Lord Thomas Jack Fitzalan-Howard, b. 14 March 1992
*Lady Isabel Serena Fitzalan-Howard, b. 7 February 1994
*Lord Philip Fitzalan-Howard, b. 14 July 1996