Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (''née'' Lady Elizabeth Hastings; 1546 – 24 August 1621) was a Scottish-born
noblewoman. She was the daughter of
Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and
Catherine Pole.
On 16 December 1571, at
Whitehall Palace
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, ...
, she married
Sir Edward Somerset in a triple wedding with
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604), was an English peerage, peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after ...
and bride,
Anne Cecil, and
Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley and bride, Mary Howard, , Sir Edward was the son of son of
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian North. He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Worcester in 1589.
In 1603, Lady Elizabeth travelled to
Berwick upon Tweed with other courtiers in an official party to welcome
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I. She was List of Scottish royal consorts, Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and List of English royal consorts, Queen of Engl ...
. These were chosen by the
Privy Council, following the order of
King James of 15 April 1603. The group consisted of two countesses,
Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare, Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Worcester; two baronesses
Philadelphia, Lady Scrope and
Penelope, Lady Rich; and two ladies Anne Herbert, a daughter of
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and
Audrey Walsingham. 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
The Worcesters 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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Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (born c. 1576 – 18 December 1646) married Anne Russell
#Sir
Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset (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)
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Lady Blanche Somerset (born c. 1583 – 28 October 1649) married
Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
#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, son of the 1st baronet of Llantarnam.
#Mary Somerset (born c. 1598)
Lady Elizabeth is buried next to her husband in the Somerset family chapel in the
Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire.
[Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305. .]
Ancestry
References
Sources
Profile thepeerage.com. Accessed 16 March 2008
Profile 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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