Anne Hastings, Countess of Shrewsbury
Anne Hastings | |
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| Countess of Shrewsbury Baroness Furnivall | |
Mary Talbot Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury Margaret Talbot Elizabeth Talbot Dorothy Talbot Richard Talbot Henry Talbot John Talbot John Talbot William Talbot Anne Talbot | |
| Father | William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings |
| Mother | Katherine Neville |
| Occupation | Lady-in-waiting |
Lady Anne Hastings, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1471–1520) was an English noblewoman who served as a
Anne was also the Baroness Furnivall, as her husband held the title of 9th Baron Furnivall.[1]
Family and early years
Anne was born in about 1471, the youngest child of
Anne grew up during the period in English history when the dynastic civil wars fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster, known as the Wars of the Roses, broke out at intervals and resulted in the deaths of many combatants and supporters from both sides.
Anne's father was a staunch Yorkist, and a close friend and
At the time of her father's execution, Anne was already married to Hastings' teenaged ward. Her mother, by royal permission, took over as legal guardian of Anne's husband until he came of age.
Marriage and issue
Sometime before 27 June 1481, at the age of about 10, Anne married her father's 13-year-old ward, George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, 9th Baron Furnivall. George was her second cousin. She was his first wife, and upon their marriage she was styled as Countess of Shrewsbury and Baroness Furnivall.
Together George and Anne had 11 children:[5]
- Francis Talbot, later 11th Baron Talbot and 5th Earl of Shrewsbury (c. 1500-1560)
- Elizabeth Talbot (c. 1507-aft. 6 May 1552), married aft. 18 May 1519 William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gilsland, and had issue.
- Margaret Talbot (dsp.), married, as his first wife, Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland
- Mary Talbot (d. 16 April 1572), married c. January 1523/1524, to Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland.
- Henry Talbot, styled Lord Talbot (d. young)
- John Talbot (d. young)
- John Talbot (d. young)
- William Talbot, Marshal of Ireland
- Richard Talbot
- Anne Talbot
- Dorothy Talbot
At the royal court
Early in the reign of King
Death
Anne died on an unknown date in 1520. She was buried in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, which is now the Sheffield Cathedral.[2] Her husband married secondly Elizabeth Walden (died July 1567), by whom he had a daughter, Anne (d.18 July 1588).
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury had a chapel added to the church in 1520[2] to serve as a family chapel; and after his own death, a monument was built in Shrewsbury Chapel where his effigy can be seen flanked by those of Anne and his second wife, Elizabeth.[citation needed]
Ancestry
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Footnotes
- ^ "thepeerage.com". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-315-44070-5.
- ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 371.
- ISBN 0-04-942048-8
- ^ Croft's Peerage, Earl of Shrewsbury Archived 31 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Emerson
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2.