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

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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 twice: * First to

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

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

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(c. 1502 – 1553) ** Andrew Dudley **Jerome Dudley *Secondly, after the execution of Edmund Dudley, Elizabeth married Arthur Plantagenet (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 (1505–1519), the daughter of her brother John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle (1481–1504) by his wife Muriel Howard, the barony of Lisle passed to Elizabeth, who thereby became ''suo jure'' Baroness Lisle. Her husband Arthur Plantagenet 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 visco ...

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

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. 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)", ''

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