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Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton in Season Three of 'Bridgerton.' LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX A new Bridgerton spinoff series is on the way centered around the early days of Lady Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch in the main show.
The limited series doesn’t have a title yet, but per Netflix, it’ll center around the courtship between Violet Ledger and Viscount Edmund Bridgerton. The main Bridgerton series picks up after Edmund’s death (from an allergic reaction to a bee sting) and focuses on the marriages and romantic prospects of the couple’s eight children.
In Bridgerton, Violet is played by Ruth Gemmell, and in a Season Two flashback, Edmund was portrayed by Rupert Evans. Neither role has been cast yet for the prequel series, though Connie Jenkins-Greig did portray young Violet in another spin-off, Queen Charlotte, focused on the rise of the titular royal.
Bridgerton executive producer Shonda Rhimes and series creator Nicholas Nardini will serve as the writers and showrunners on the spin-off. It’s unclear when the series will go into production. A release date also was not shared.
