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. On her father's death the Earldom of Rutland devolved upon his brother, the Barony of Ros passed to his daughter, Elizabeth. In January 1589, aged around 14 or 15, she married, at Newark Castle, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, son of

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and Dorothy Neville, daughter of

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. Lord Burghley later succeeded as 2nd Earl. She died in childbirth, in

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, at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking and was buried in

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. She was succeeded in the Barony of Ros by her son,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ros, Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness 1570s births 1591 deaths Year of birth uncertain 16 Hereditary women peers Daughters of British earls Deaths in childbirth Elizabeth Cecil 16th-century English women 16th-century English nobility English baronesses