Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle (c.1482/1484 – c.1525/1526) was an English noblewoman during the reigns of Henry VII and VIII.

Origins

Elizabeth Grey was the daughter of

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle (died 1492) was an English nobleman who was created Viscount Lisle in 1483, in recognition of his wife's descent. Origins Sir Edward Grey was a younger son of Sir Edward Grey (c. 1415–1457) (a son by his second ...

(d. 1492) by his wife Elizabeth Talbot (d. 1487), daughter and eventual heir of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle (1423–1453).Byrne, Muriel St Clare, (ed.), The Lisle Letters, London & Chicago, 1981, 6 vols., vol.1, appendix 9, pedigree of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle

Marriages

Elizabeth married two times: * Firstly to

Edmund Dudley Edmund Dudley (c. 1462Gunn 2010 or 1471/147217 August 1510) was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII. He served as a leading member of the Council Learned in the Law, Speaker of the House of Commons and Presi ...

(c. 1462-1510); they had three children: **

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Ja ...

(c. 1502-1553) **

Andrew Dudley Sir Andrew Dudley, KG (c. 1507 – 1559) was an English soldier, courtier, and diplomat. A younger brother of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, he served in Henry VIII's navy and obtained court offices under Edward VI. In 1547&n ...

**Jerome Dudley *Secondly, after the execution of Edmund Dudley, Elizabeth married

Arthur Plantagenet Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG (died 3 March 1542) was an illegitimate son of the English king Edward IV, half-brother-in-law of Henry VII, and an uncle of Henry VIII, at whose court he was a prominent figure and by whom he was app ...

(d. 1542). Arthur and Elizabeth had three daughters: **Frances Plantagenet **Elizabeth Plantagenet **Bridget Plantagenet.

Succession to Barony of Lisle

On the death of her niece

Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle Elizabeth Grey, 5th Baroness Lisle, 3rd Viscountess Lisle (25 March 1505 – 1519) was an English noblewoman. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle and Lady Muriel Howard. After the death of her stepfather, Sir Thomas K ...

(1505–1519), the daughter of her brother

John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle (April 1480 – 9 September 1504) was a British peer of the Tudor period. Upon his death the title Viscount Lisle became extinct, but the Barony of Lisle passed to his unborn daughter Elizabeth, his only child ...

(1481–1504) by his wife Muriel Howard, the barony of Lisle passed to Elizabeth, who thereby became ''suo jure'' Baroness Lisle. Her husband

was created

Viscount Lisle The title of Viscount Lisle has been created six times in the Peerage of England. The first creation, on 30 October 1451, was for John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle. Upon the death of his son Thomas at the Battle of Nibley Green in 1470, the viscount ...

on 25 April 1523. He continued to hold the title after her death in 1525 or 1526. After Arthur Plantagenet's death in 1542, Henry VIII granted the viscountcy to Elizabeth Grey's eldest son by her first marriage,

John Dudley, 1st Viscount Lisle John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jan ...

, "by the right of his mother". He was created Viscount Lisle on 12 March 1542, and was later created

Duke of Northumberland Duke of Northumberland is a noble title that has been created three times in English and British history, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The current holder of this title is Ralph Percy, 12th Duke ...

. He forfeited his titles upon his execution and attainder in 1553.

Notes

References

*Grummitt, David (2008), "Plantagenet, Arthur, Viscount Lisle (b. before 1472, d. 1542)", ''

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

''. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22355 * * Year of birth uncertain English viscountesses English baronesses Daughters of viscounts Hereditary women peers 1480s births 1529 deaths Barons Lisle (Peerage of England) Wives of knights {{England-baron-stub