Question: what is the relationship between mrs crawley and lady grantham?
Answer: Behind the scenes Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (b. 1842), is the matriarch of the Crawley Family by her marriage to the late Earl of Grantham and a relative of the MacClare Family via her niece and goddaughter, Susan MacClare, Marchioness of Flintshire.