1936 - 2004
Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, née Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was the maternal grandmother of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively first and fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Shand Kydd has received more than 6,111,061 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frances Shand Kydd is the 543rd most popular nobleman (down from 402nd in 2019), the 1,569th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,390th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 543 out of 842. Before her are Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Drahomíra, and Edward, Count of Savoy. After her are Louis I, Count of Blois, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, and Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
1861 - 1929
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 537
1514 - 1574
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 538
1540 - 1627
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 539
1711 - 1785
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 540
890 - 935
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 541
1284 - 1329
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 542
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 543
1172 - 1205
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 544
1814 - 1857
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 545
1598 - 1654
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 546
1109 - 1146
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 547
1757 - 1831
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 548
1848 - 1894
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 549
Among people born in 1936, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 145. Before her are Arend Lijphart, Klaus Kinkel, Leonel Sánchez, Glenda Jackson, Philippe Sollers, and Costas Simitis. After her are Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Koji Sasaki, Dyanne Thorne, Eliahu Inbal, Vyacheslav Kebich, and Gabriel Matzneff. Among people deceased in 2004, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 85. Before her are Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Eddie Adams, Saizo Saito, Gordon Cooper, Fay Wray, and Vasili Mitrokhin. After her are Anthony Steffen, Zenkō Suzuki, Uta Hagen, Philip Abelson, Chiang Fang-liang, and Boris Trajkovski.
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 139
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 140
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 141
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 142
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 143
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 144
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 145
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 146
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 147
1936 - 2020
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 148
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 149
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 150
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 151
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 79
1933 - 2004
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 80
1908 - 2004
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 81
1927 - 2004
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 82
1907 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 83
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 84
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 85
1930 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 86
1911 - 2004
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 87
1919 - 2004
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 88
1913 - 2004
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 89
1916 - 2004
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 90
1956 - 2004
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 91
Among people born in United Kingdom, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 1,569 out of 7,765. Before her are John Smyth (1570), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), William Auld (1924), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), John Muir (1838), and David Coulthard (1971). After her are Margaret Douglas (1515), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), John Barbirolli (1899), Oliver Hart (1948), Maurice Wilkes (1913), and Rupert Sheldrake (1942).
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,563
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,564
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,565
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,566
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 1,567
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,568
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,569
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,570
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,571
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,572
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,573
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,574
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,575
Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Frances Shand Kydd ranks 42. Before her are Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and Jasper Tudor (1431). After her are Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), and Lady Katherine Grey (1540).
1424 - 1445
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 36
1146 - 1219
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 37
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 38
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 39
1737 - 1813
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 40
1431 - 1495
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 41
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 42
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 43
1318 - 1355
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 44
1184 - 1213
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 45
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 46
1316 - 1336
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 47
1540 - 1568
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 48