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Há 4 dias · Quick Reference. (1518–1608). ‘Bess of Hardwick’ was one of the most remarkable women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of a Derbyshire squire, she gained wealth and status through four increasingly ambitious marriages, the last (in 1567) to George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury. After the earl's death, Bess, intriguer and termagant, was ...
She married her stepbrother Gilbert Talbot, later the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1568. Their children were: George, 1575–1577. Mary, later Countess of Pembroke. Elizabeth, later Countess of Kent. John, born and died 1583. Alethea, later Countess of Arundel. Statue of Mary Cavendish on gatehouse to Second Court of St John's College, Cambridge ...
A clever, ambitious Derbyshire woman in Tudor England, Bess of Hardwick was intent on establishing a dynasty. Bess was born about 1527. Her father owned a modest estate, but he died when she was little more than a year old. Her mother remarried, and we hear no more of Bess until she herself was married as a young girl to a boy even younger than ...
26 de ago. de 2022 · Bess of Hardwick. Elizabeth ('Bess') Talbot (née Hardwick), Countess of Shrewsbury. 'Bess of Hardwick' was one of the wealthiest people in late Elizabethan England, and an important patron of architecture. She acquired her wealth through a succession of four progressively more profitable marriages, and through her own business acumen.
Provenance. Listed in inventory of the contents of Hardwick Hall, 1601, and attached to the will of Elizabeth Hardwick,Countess of Shrewsbury (c.1520-1608); listed in Edward Swift, 1811, Picture Gallery as '3/4 of Queen Mary; and thence by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted ...
19 de nov. de 2020 · This woman was Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury – otherwise known as Bess of Hardwick. Through an innate talent for social climbing and a keen head for business, Bess outgrew her humble origins to become the second richest woman in England after Elizabeth I. Four influential marriages, a strong personality and a forward-thinking ...
ELIZABETH TALBOT, COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY, (1518-1608), better known by her nickname "Bess of Hardwick," was the daughter and co-heiress of John Hardwicke of Hardwicke in Derbyshire. At the age of fourteen she was married to a John Barlow, the owner of a large estate, who did not long survive the marriage, and as his estates had been settled on her and her heirs, she became a wealthy widow.
