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Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( née Hardwick; c. 1521 – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series of well-made marriages, she rose to the highest levels of English nobility and became enormously wealthy.
22 de mar. de 2022 · The most striking feature, however, was the initials ‘ES’ emblazoned on the tops of the six towers. By the time that she moved into Hardwick New Hall, Elizabeth (‘Bess’), Countess of Shrewsbury, was 70 years old and the richest woman in England after the queen.
The history of Chatsworth begins with Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, better known as Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608). A native of Derbyshire and from a modest background, she grew to become the second most powerful woman in Elizabethan England after the Queen.
Há 1 dia · The towers of Hardwick Hall are all crowned by Bess’s initials, ‘ES’ (Elizabeth Shrewsbury), surmounted by a countess’s coronet ‘MORE GLASS THAN WALL’ Completed in 1599, the new hall was an extraordinary achievement and one of the great houses of the Elizabethan age.
Renowned for her financial acuity, passion for building, and four shrewd marriages, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury, was one of the wonders of the Elizabethan age. Widely called Bess of Hardwick, she was among the richest women in England (second only to the queen), and she knew how both to increase and to spend her money.
13 de dez. de 2021 · This decade marks five hundred years since the birth of Elizabeth Cavendish – better known as 'Bess of Hardwick' or Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury. A confidant of Queen Elizabeth I until the relationship turned thorny, by the time of her death in 1608 she was the richest woman in England, with a wealth amassed through ...
A fully searchable, online edition of the letters of Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (also known as Bess of Hardwick). The project broke new ground by making accessible online this important, yet virtually unedited, corpus of Renaissance letters.
