Hannah, Duchess of Sussex

"Lady Hannah Leighton" redirects here, for her aunt; see Lady Hannah Leighton (born 1808)

Hannah, Duchess of Sussex (born Lady Hannah Leighton; August 24, 1846 - died December 25, 1928) was a British noblewomen and Duchess of Sussex from her marriage to Prince Alexander, Duke of Sussex (b. 1845) in 1867 until her husband's death in 1919 whom he was succeeded by their son, Edward (b. 1869 - d. 1947) as Duke of Sussex; Edward does not have children with his wife while his male siblings are deceased so the title became extinct after his death; The third creation of the dukedom was given to Prince Harry (the youngest of two sons of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer) in 2018, Hannah was a happy and wonderful women and the only daughter of Liam, 9th Earl Leighton and Alix Sunderland to marry into the British royal family while one of his daughters marry into British, German and Swedish noble houses.

Early Life
Lady Hannah Leighton was born on August 24, 1846 in Leighton House, Sheffield, Yorkshire, U.K, during the reign of Queen Victoria (the last monarch of the House of Hanover); She was nicknamed "Hanna, Hanny and Han" by her parents (Liam and Alix) and close relatives in her family and is usually seen in Sheffield as a young girl, She was the fourth-born daughter and fifth-born child of Liam, 9th Earl Leighton and his consort, Alix, Countess Leighton (néé Sunderland), As one of the daughters of Liam; She was styled Lady from her birth in 1846 until her marriage in 1867 to Prince Alexander, Duke of Sussex, a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the United Kingdom as a child of the reigning monarch (Victoria) and later the House of Windsor.