Lady Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1525 – January 1567), formerly Gertrude Manners, was an English noblewoman of the Elizabethan period. Gertrude was born in

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, the daughter of

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and his wife, the former Eleanor Paston. She married George Talbot on 28 April 1539. Their children were: *Francis, Lord Talbot (died 1582), who married Anne Herbert, a daughter of the earl of Pembroke, but had no children. "Lord Talbot" was a

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, being one of his father's lesser titles. Anne was a niece of

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, sixth Queen to King

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. *

Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl of Waterford, 13th Baron Talbot, KG (20 November 1552 – 8 May 1616), styled Lord Talbot from 1582 to 1590, was a peer in the peerage of England. He also held the subsidiary titles of 16th Baron ...

, who married Mary Cavendish and had three daughters. *Henry Talbot (1563–1596), who married Elizabeth Rayner and had two daughters. * Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (1561-1617), who married Joane Ogle and had no children. *Catherine Talbot (died 1576), who married

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG, KB (in or after 153819 January 1601) was a Welsh nobleman, peer and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was the nephew of Catherine Parr, and brother-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, through his first wif ...

, and had no children. Herbert was brother to Anne who married Lord Talbot. He was also a nephew of queen

. *Mary Talbot, who married

Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Thornhill (1551 – 12 November 1622), was an English politician and the lineal ancestor of the Marquesses of Halifax. He was born in 1551, the eldest son of Henry Savile and Joan Vernon. The Saviles were an ...

of Barrowby, Lincolnshire, and had one son *Grace Talbot, who married her step-brother

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(1550–1616), son of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth in Derbyshire by his wife Elizabeth Hardwick; they had no children. The countess died when her children were still young, and was buried in the family vault in Sheffield on 16 January 1567. A few months later, her widower began a courtship of their friend and neighbour, the thrice-widowed

Bess of Hardwick Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( Hardwick; c. 1527 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series ...

, which culminated in their marriage.

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