Susanne le Pelley, Dame of Sark (1668 – June 24, 1733) was the 10th

Seigneur of Sark The Seigneur of Sark is the lord of the manor of Sark in the Channel Islands. A female seigneur of Sark is called Dame of Sark, of which there have been three. The husband of a female ruler of Sark is not a Prince consort, consort but is ''jure ...

from 1730 to 1733. She was the first woman to have the position and rule the fief of Sark. Susanne le Pelley was the daughter of Judge Jean Le Gros, a member of the Le Gros family, who belonged to the most wealthy landowning families of Guernsey. She married Nicolas le Pelley, a Guernsey privateer owner, and Joan Stevens, Nigel Jee, M. Joseph, ''The Channel Islands'', 1987 was a widow at the time of her purchase of the seigneurship of Sark. She was the mother of Nicolas le Pelley and Daniel le Pelley. She bought the

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's heir Joseph Wilcocks, the incumbent

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. As Dame, she resided at the family tenement Le Perronerie, which became the ''seigneurie'' of Sark and official residence of the ruler of Sark, La Seigneurie. She modernised and extended the residence during her rule.

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1668 births 1733 deaths Seigneurs of Sark

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