Elizabeth Hastings, later Countess of Worcester (1546 – 24 August 1621) was a

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born in

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Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG (151420 June 1561) was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII. His maternal first cousins included Henr ...

, and

Catherine Pole Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG (151420 June 1561) was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII. His maternal first cousins included Henry ...

. On 16 December 1571 at Whitehall Palace in a triple wedding with

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and bride,

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, and

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and bride, Mary Howard, she married Sir

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, son of Sir

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and Christian North. In 1603 Elizabeth travelled to

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with other courtiers in an official party to welcome

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. These were chosen by the

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, following the order of King James of 15 April 1603. The group consisted of two countesses,

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, Elizabeth, Countess of Worcester; two baronesses Philadelphia, Lady Scrope and Penelope, Lady Rich; and two ladies Anne Herbert, a daughter of

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, and

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. A Venetian diplomat, Giovanni Carlo Scaramelli, wrote that the six great ladies were escorted by 200 horsemen. They welcomed the new queen into England on 3 June 1603.

Children

Elizabeth had fifteen children (eight sons and seven daughters). #Katherine Somerset (born ) – 30 October 1624) married William Petre #William Somerset (born c. 1576) #

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(born c. 1576 – 18 December 1646) married Anne Russell #Sir

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(born c. 1578) – died 1650) married Helen Barry #Robert Somerset (born c. 1580), married Elizabeth Powell, daughter of Sir William Powell. #Francis Somerset (born c. 1582, Died as an infant) # Lady Blanche Somerset (born c. 1583 – 28 October 1649) married

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#Sir Charles Somerset (born c. 1584) married Elizabeth Powell #Margaret Somerset (born c. 1585) married Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. #George Somerset (born c. 1586) #Edward Somerset (born c. 1588) #Elizabeth Somerset (born c. 1590) married Sir Henry Guilford #Anne Somerset married Sir Edward Wynter (c. 1560(?)-1619) of Lydney Glouster on 11 August 1595. #Frances Somerset (born c. 1596) married William Morgan, 1st baronet of Llantarnam. #Mary Somerset (born c. 1598) Lady Elizabeth is buried next to her husband in the Somerset family chapel in the

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.Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305. .

Ancestry

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familysearch.org. Accessed 18 July 2009 * Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series.'' (p. 667) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004
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