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Elizabeth Cavendish

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association with Montagu

In Ralph Montagu, 1st duke of Montagu
In 1692 he married Elizabeth Cavendish, wealthy widow of the 2nd Duke of Albemarle. Allegedly mad, she had sworn to marry only a crowned head, so Montagu wooed her disguised as the emperor of China. In 1705 he became Duke of Montagu.
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