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, and his first wife,

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. Her father died on 16 July 1491, and she inherited extensive lands in Wales. As her father had no sons, she succeeded to his

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, but could not succeed to the

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, which was restricted to the male line. She was made a ward of King

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, and married

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on 2 June 1492. Their only son,

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, was born in around 1496. In 1504, Somerset was created Baron Herbert. Elizabeth died on 27 August 1507, and was buried in

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. The following month, further estates, including the lease of

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, devolved on Elizabeth's husband on the death of her uncle, Sir Walter Herbert. The addition of Herbert's estate made Somerset the most powerful landowner in South Wales. He had married for a second time by 1511, and was made Earl of Worcester in 1514.

References

* Cokayne, George E. ''Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant.'' London: G. Bell & Sons, 1887. (p. 207
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