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British noble
Elizabeth Somerset
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester, attributed to
William Segar Tenure 1571—1621 Born Elizabeth Hastings 1546
Scotland Died (1621-08-24 ) 24 August 1621Spouse(s)
Issue 15, including: Parents
Elizabeth Hastings , later Countess of Worcester (1546 – 24 August 1621) was a
noblewoman born in
Scotland to
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon , and
Catherine Pole . On 16 December 1571 at Whitehall Palace in a triple wedding with
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and bride,
Anne Cecil , and
Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley and bride, Mary Howard, she married Sir
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester ,
[1] son of Sir
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian North.
In 1603 Elizabeth travelled to
Berwick upon Tweed with other courtiers in an official party to welcome
Anne of Denmark . These were chosen by the
Privy Council , following the order of
King James of 15 April 1603. The group consisted of two countesses,
Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare , Elizabeth, Countess of Worcester; two baronesses
Philadelphia, Lady Scrope and
Penelope, Lady Rich ; and two ladies Anne Herbert, a daughter of
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , and
Audrey Walsingham .
[2] A Venetian diplomat, Giovanni Carlo Scaramelli, wrote that the six great ladies were escorted by 200 horsemen. They welcomed the new queen into England on 3 June 1603.
[3]
Children
Elizabeth had fifteen children (eight sons and seven daughters).
Katherine Somerset (born
c. 1575 ) – 30 October 1624) married William Petre
William Somerset (born c. 1576)
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (born c. 1576 – 18 December 1646) married Anne Russell
Sir
Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset (born c. 1578) – died 1650) married Helen Barry
Robert Somerset (born c. 1580), married Elizabeth Powell, daughter of Sir William Powell.
Francis Somerset (born c. 1582, Died as an infant)
Lady Blanche Somerset (born c. 1583 – 28 October 1649) married
Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
Sir Charles Somerset (born c. 1584) married Elizabeth Powell
Margaret Somerset (born c. 1585) married Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor.
George Somerset (born c. 1586)
Edward Somerset (born c. 1588)
Elizabeth Somerset (born c. 1590) married Sir Henry Guilford
Anne Somerset married Sir Edward Wynter (c. 1560(?)-1619) of Lydney Glouster on 11 August 1595.
[4]
Frances Somerset (born c. 1596) married William Morgan, 1st baronet of Llantarnam.
Mary Somerset (born c. 1598)
Lady Elizabeth is buried next to her husband in the Somerset family chapel in the
Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire .
[5]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (wife of the 4th Earl) 16.
William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings 8.
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings 17.
Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings 4.
George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon 18. Thomas Hungerford 9. Mary Hungerford 19. Anne Percy 2.
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 20.
Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford 10.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 21.
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford 5.
Anne Stafford 22.
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers 11.
Catherine Woodville (sister of 31) 23.
Jacquetta of Luxembourg 1. Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Worcester 24. Sir Geoffrey Pole of Worrell and of Wythurn 12.
Sir Richard Pole 25. Edith St John 6.
Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu 26.
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence 13.
Margaret of York & Clarence 27.
Isabella Neville 3. Catherine Pole 28.
George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny 14.
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny 29. Margaret Fenn 7. Jane Neville 30.
Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel 15. Joan FitzAlan 31. Margaret Woodville (sister of 11)
References
^ Colethorpe, Marian E.
"The Elizabethan Court Day by Day -1571" (PDF) . folgerpedia.folger.edu . Folger Shakespeare Library. Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
^ Nadine Akkerman, 'The Goddess of the Household: The Masquing Politics of Lucy Harington-Russell, Countess of Bedford', The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe (Leiden, 2014), p. 290.
^ J. Leeds Barroll, Anna of Denark, Queen of England (Philadelphia, 2001), pp. 41-3: Horatio Brown, Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1603-1607 , vol. 10 (London, 1900), p. 27 no. 40.
^ Wynter, Edward (c.1560-1619), of Lydney, Glos.
History of Parliament . Web.
^ Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305.
ISBN
978-0-300-09630-9 .
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