Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

Lady Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1525 – January 1567),^[1] formerly Gertrude Manners, was an English noblewoman of the Elizabethan period.

Gertrude was born in

• Francis, Lord Talbot (died 1582), who married Anne Herbert, a daughter of
  Henry VIII
  .
• Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, who married Mary Cavendish and had three daughters.
• Henry Talbot (1563–1596), who married Elizabeth Rayner and had two daughters.
• Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (1561-1617), who married Joane Ogle and had no children.
• Catherine Talbot (died 1576), who married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and had no children. Herbert was brother to Anne who married Lord Talbot. He was also a nephew of queen Catherine Parr.
• Mary Talbot, who married Sir George Savile, 1st Baronet of Barrowby, Lincolnshire, and had one son
• Grace Talbot, who married her step-brother
  Henry Cavendish (1550–1616), son of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth in Derbyshire by his wife Elizabeth Hardwick
  ; they had no children.

The countess died when her children were still young, and was buried in the family vault in Sheffield on 16 January 1567.[2] A few months later, her widower began a courtship of their friend and neighbour, the thrice-widowed Bess of Hardwick,^[1] which culminated in their marriage.

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