Marchioness Of Powis
The title, Marchioness of Powis, belongs to the wife of the Marquess of Powis and has been held by the following: *Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness of Powis (c.1634–1691), wife of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis *Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis Mary Herbert, Marchioness of Powis (died 8 January 1724), formerly Mary Preston, was the wife of William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis and the mother of William Herbert, 3rd Marquess of Powis. Mary was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Th ...

Marquess Of Powis
Marquess of Powis was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1687 for William Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis. He had already succeeded his father as third Baron Powis in 1667 and had been created Earl of Powis in the Peerage of England in 1674; Marquess of Powis and Viscount Montgomery in 1687. When James II went into exile in France, the Marquess followed him. He served as Comptroller of the Royal Household and his wife Elizabeth as Governess of the Royal children.P.44 The National Trust, Powis Castle, 2000 He was rewarded in 1698 by the titles Duke of Powis and Marquess of Montgomery, but these titles in the Jacobite Peerage (though used) were not recognised in England. The title of Baron Powis was created in the Peerage of England in 1629 for William Herbert. He was the son of Sir Edward Herbert, second son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. This Herbert family were thus members of a junior branch of the prominent Welsh family headed by the ...
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Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness Of Powis
Elizabeth Herbert, Marchioness of Powis (c.1634 – 16 March 1691), formerly Lady Elizabeth Somerset, was an English court official and noblewoman, the wife of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis. She was the daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Dormer. Family She married William Herbert, then the heir to Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis, on 2 August 1654. He succeeded his father to the title in 1666. They had six children: *Lady Anne Herbert (died 1748), who married Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington * Lady Frances Herbert, who married Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth, and had children *Lady Mary Herbert (died 1744), who married three times *William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis (c.1665-1745) * Lady Lucy Herbert (1669-1744), who became a nun * Lady Winifred Herbert (c.1679-1749), who married William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, and had children In 1674, Herbert was created Earl of Powis, and his wife b ...
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