For the second wife of Robert Walpole, see Maria, Lady Walpole.
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Maria Walpole
Countess Waldegrave Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1779
Born
(1736-07-10)10 July 1736 St James's, Westminster, Middlesex (now London)
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
(m. 1766; died 1805)
Issue
Elizabeth Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave
Charlotte FitzRoy, Countess of Euston
Anne, Lady Hugh Seymour
Princess Sophia of Gloucester
Princess Caroline of Gloucester
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Father
Edward Walpole
Mother
Dorothy Clement
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess Waldegrave from 1759 to 1766, as a result of her first marriage to James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave. Her second husband was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, whom she married in 1766.
^"Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George - Windsor Castle. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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