Elizabeth (later Countess of Shrewsbury) Hardwick[1]
Abt 1527 - 1608 (~ 81 years)
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Name Elizabeth (later Countess of Shrewsbury) Hardwick [2] Birth Abt 1527 Gender Female Death 13 Feb 1608 Person ID I109380 My Genealogy Last Modified 28 Apr 2021
Father John Hardwick Mother Elizabeth Leeke Family ID F77717 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sir William Cavendish, MP, b. Abt 1505 d. 25 Oct 1557 (Age ~ 52 years) Marriage 1547 Children 1. Elizabeth Cavendish d. 21 Jan 1581-1582 Family ID F40088 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Apr 2021
Family 2 William (1st Earl of Devonshire) Cavendish, b. 27 Dec 1552 d. 3 Mar 1626 (Age 73 years) Children 1. William (2nd Earl of Devonshire) Cavendish, b. 1590 d. 20 Jun 1628 (Age 38 years) Family ID F45007 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Apr 2021
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Notes - Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1527 ? 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick (n?e Elizabeth Hardwick), of Hardwick Hall in 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. Bess was a shrewd business woman, increasing her assets with business interests including mines and glass-making workshops.
She was married four times. Her first husband was Robert Barlow, who died aged about 14 or 15 on 24 December 1544.[3] Her second husband was the courtier Sir William Cavendish. Her third husband was Sir William St Loe. Her last husband was George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, sometime keeper to the captive Mary, Queen of Scots
- Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1527 ? 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick (n?e Elizabeth Hardwick), of Hardwick Hall in 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. Bess was a shrewd business woman, increasing her assets with business interests including mines and glass-making workshops.
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