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  2. Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia

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    Lord Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born and left England forever. He died in Greece when she was eight. Lady Byron was anxious about her daughter's upbringing and promoted Lovelace's interest in mathematics and logic in an effort to prevent her from developing her father's perceived insanity.

  3. Allegra Byron - Wikipedia

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    Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822) was the illegitimate daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Claire Clairmont. [1]Born in Bath, England, she was initially named Alba, meaning "dawn", or "white", by her mother.

  4. Ashokasundari - Wikipedia

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    Ashokasundari was created from the wish-fulfilling tree Kalpavriksha when Parvati wished for a daughter to reduce her loneliness. The words in her name are derived from her creation. Ashoka refers to the easing of Parvati's shoka, which means "sorrow", while sundari means "beautiful girl". [4]

  5. Horatia Nelson - Wikipedia

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    Horatia only realised she was Lord Nelson's biological daughter in 1845 after Sir Nicholas Harris published volume 3 of his intensively researched Dispatches and Letters of Vice-Admiral Nelson, which included copies of correspondence which conclusively proved that Nelson was her father [9] She refused, however, to acknowledge that Emma, Lady ...

  6. Margaret Drummond (mistress) - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Drummond (c. 1475 – 1501) was a daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond, and a mistress of King James IV of Scotland. She had a daughter, Lady Margaret Stewart. The death of Margaret Drummond has been the subject of a very persistent romantic legend.

  7. Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon - Wikipedia

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    After Lord Gordon's death, Lady Margaret married Alexander Stewart Bishop of Moray, the son of Alexander Stewart,1st Duke of Albany. They had 3 sons and one daughter called Margaret who married Lord David Drummond. [7] [8] She married, thirdly, in 1531, Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray, and they had five daughters. [9]

  8. Juliana FitzGerald, Lady of Thomond - Wikipedia

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    Juliana FitzMaurice, Lady of Thomond (c. 1263 – 29 September 1300) was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, the daughter of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, and the wife of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron in Ireland, who was a younger brother of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford.

  9. Shatarupa - Wikipedia

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    Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. 'she of a hundred forms') is the daughter of the creator deity, Brahma. [1] According to Brahma Purana, Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma, marrying Manu, the first man.