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Which duchess inherited most of William Congreve’s fortune?
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William Congreve
William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
The English dramatist William Congreve bequeathed the majority of his fortune to the second duchess of Marlborough.1