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Anne Sutton (1589 – 1615) was an English
lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...
who was a companion of
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 159613 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. Since her husband's reign in Bohemia lasted for just one winter, she is called the Wi ...
. She was the daughter of
Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley
Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (baptised 17 September 1567 – 23 June 1643) was a major landowner, mainly in Staffordshire and Worcestershire, and briefly a Member of the House of Commons of England. Through his intemperate behaviour he won wi ...
and
Theodosia Harington
Theodosia Harington, Lady Dudley (died 1649) was an English aristocrat who was abandoned by her husband, but maintained connections at court through her extensive family networks.
Early life
She was the eighth daughter of Sir James Harington of ...
. Sutton was known as "Mrs Anne Dudley" or "Mistress Dudley" although "Sutton" was the family surname. Elizabeth of Bohemia called her "Nan Duddlie".
Early life
Her father abandoned Theodosia, Lady Harington for his mistress, Elizabeth Tomlinson. According to a bill produced in the
Star Chamber by his political rival in Staffordshire,
Gilbert Lyttelton, in 1592 he had "left that virtuous lady his wife in London without sustenance, and took to his home a lewd and infamous woman, a base collier's daughter".
In 1597, Anne and her brother,
Ferdinando Sutton, were lodged in Clerkenwell with Euseby Paget, rector of
St Anne and St Agnes
St Anne and St Agnes is a church located at Gresham Street in the City of London, near the Barbican. While St Anne's is an Anglican foundation, from 1966 to 2013 it was let to a congregation of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain.
History
The ...
, and Mrs Percy, as wards of their aunt and uncle Elizabeth and
Edward Montagu of Boughton.
Career in a royal household
Anne Dudley became a member of the household of Princess Elizabeth at
Coombe Abbey with other young women including her cousin
Elizabeth Dudley, with
Anne Livingstone
Anne Livingstone, Countess of Eglinton (died 1632) was a Scottish courtier and aristocrat, and lady-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and Anne of Denmark.
Anne Livingstone was a daughter of Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow and Heleno ...
,
Frances Bourchier, and
Philadelphia Carey. Her older sister, Mary, married
Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home
Sir Alexander Home of that Ilk, 1st Lord Home ( – ) was in 1448 Sheriff Deputy for Berwickshire, and was made a Lord of Parliament on 2 August 1473. He is an ancestor of the Earls of Home.
Family
Alexander Home's father, Sir Alexander Home of t ...
in 1605. After Elizabeth married
Frederick V of the Palatinate
Frederick V (german: link=no, Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both r ...
in 1613 she went with her to
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
.
In 1612, an emblem published in
Henry Peacham's ''Minerva Brittana'' alluded to her steadfast qualities as alike to Diana the huntress, with a picture of
Diana and Actaeon
The myth of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid’s ''Metamorphoses''. The tale recounts the unfortunate fate of a young hunter named Actaeon, who was a grandson of Cadmus, and his encounter with chaste Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana ...
, a verse, and an anagram on her name in Italian "e l'nuda Diana". The intended allusion is to her labour and skills as a household administrator. The concept was derived from an emblem devised by Laurens van Haecht Goidtsenhoven.
Anne with seven other ladies put their names in a hat to award kisses to winners at a tournament for
Prince Henry Prince Henry (or Prince Harry) may refer to:
People
*Henry the Young King (1155–1183), son of Henry II of England, who was crowned king but predeceased his father
*Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394–1460)
*Henry, Duke of Cornwall (Ja ...
in April 1612. The others included the
Countess of Essex,
Lady Cranbourne,
Lady Windsor, and
Lady Stanhope.
As a New Year gift in January 1613, Anne Dudley received from
Frederick V of the Palatinate
Frederick V (german: link=no, Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both r ...
a chain of pearls and a diamond worth 1,000 marks, (£666-13s-8d).
John Chamberlain noted this gift as a single item, a chain of pearls and diamonds worth £500.
She travelled to Heidelberg after the
. Princess Elizabeth's female attendants on her arrival at
Vlissingen
Vlissingen (; zea, label=Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic l ...
on 29 April 1613 were listed as the
Countess of Arundel,
Lady Harington, Lady Cecil, Mistress Anne Dudley,
Mistress Elizabeth Dudley,
Mistress Apsley, and Mistress (Mary) Mayerne.
At the christening of
Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate
Frederick Henry, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate, (german: Heinrich Friedrich; 1 January 1614 – 7 January 1629 in the Netherlands) was the eldest son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and so-called "Winter King" of Bohemia, and his wife, ...
in March 1614 she received jewels worth £200.
Anne married
Hans Meinhard von Schönberg Count Hans Meinhard von Schönberg auf Wesel (German: ''Graf Hans Meinhard von Schönberg auf Wesel'') (28 August 1582 – 3 August 1616) was a German nobleman and soldier, who served as '' hofmeister'' of Frederick V, Elector Palatine.
Biography
H ...
, the
Palatine
A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times. Ambassador to England, and resident diplomat at Heidelberg, in London on 22 March 1615. The wedding was celebrated with a masque of ballet planned by Elizabeth and
Salomon de Caus
Salomon de Caus (1576, Dieppe – 1626, Paris) was a French Huguenot engineer, once (falsely) credited with the development of the steam engine.
Biography
Caus was the elder brother of Isaac de Caus. Being a Huguenot, Caus spent his life moving a ...
, whose wife seems have been involved in supplying fabrics for costumes.
Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones (; 15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was the first significant architect in England and Wales in the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
As the most notable archit ...
had designed a banqueting hall for the castle.
Their romance was well-known. It was said in London in December 1613 that Schönberg came to England in part to entreat King James and
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional fo ...
not to recall Dudley from Heidelberg. They were betrothed before 5 April 1614, and this was publicly known in June 1614. In July it was known abroad they were in love.
She quarrelled with
Elizabeth Apsley, a maid of honour and a distant cousin of
Lucy Hutchinson
Lucy Hutchinson (; 29 January 1620 – October 1681) was an English translator, poet, and biographer, and the first person to translate the complete text of Lucretius's ''De rerum natura'' (''On the Nature of Things'') into English verse, du ...
.
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
wrote to ask if a maid of honour could be a married woman in German custom, and what royal jewels were in her care. Elizabeth, the Electress, replied that Dudley only kept some silver plate, and also that her husband, Frederick V and his council had favoured the marriage.
Her son was
Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg
Friedrich Hermann von Schönberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, 1st Count of Mertola, (french: Frédéric-Armand; pt, Armando Frederico; 6 December 1615 – 1 July 1690) was a Marshal of France and a General in the English and Portuguese Army. He was ...
. Anne died of a fever after giving birth to Frederick.
In her 1644 will her sister,
Mary (Dudley) Sutton, Countess of Home
Mary (Dudley) Sutton, Countess of Home (1586–1644), was a landowner, living in England and Scotland.
Early years and marriage
Mary (Dudley) Sutton, born 2 October 1586, was the eldest daughter of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (d. 1643) and ...
, left her nephew, Frederick Schomberg, a purse of gold coins.
[See the Countess of Home's will, "Will of Maria Soton, Countess of Home", The National Archives Prob/11/272/611 ff. 403-6, and National Library of Scotland MS. 14547: A receipt for the purse is among the papers of the Earls of Moray.]
References
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1589 births
1615 deaths
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
Anne
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
English ladies-in-waiting
Household of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
16th-century English women
17th-century English women
Court of James VI and I
Deaths in childbirth