Susan Herbert, Countess of Montgomery
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Susan Herbert | |
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Countess of Montgomery Baroness Herbert of Shurland | |
De Vere (by birth) (by marriage)Herbert | |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | Anna Sophia Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon Sir Charles Herbert Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke Hon. James Herbert |
Father | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford |
Mother | Anne Cecil |
Susan Herbert (née de Vere), Countess of Montgomery (26 May 1587 – 1629), was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen consort of England and Scotland, Anne of Denmark. She was the youngest daughter of Elizabethan courtier, and poet Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Family and early years
Lady Susan was born on 26 May 1587, the youngest daughter of
Following the death of Anne Cecil on 5 June 1588, a year after her birth, Susan and her sisters remained in the household of their maternal grandfather William Cecil, owner of Burghley House, where they received an excellent education. In 1591 Susan's father married for the second time to Elizabeth Trentham, who was the mother of Henry de Vere, later the 18th Earl of Oxford.
In 1603
Marriage and masques
Shortly after the death of her father, Susan married
According to
Philip Herbert was an English
At court, she played the part of "Flora" in
Children
- Lady Anna Sophia Herbert (died 1695),[8] who married Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and had children.
- Sir Charles Herbert (c. 1619–1635), married Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and had no children.
- Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke (c. 1621–1669)
- Hon. James Herbert (c. 1623–1677), who married, first, Lady Catherine Osborne, and second, Jane Spiller, and had children from both marriages[9]
Death
She died in 1629 from smallpox, and was interred at Westminster Abbey, London.[10]
References
- ^ HMC Salisbury Hatfield, vol. 15 (London, 1930), p. 391.
- ^ Leeds Barroll, Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography (Philadelphia, 2001), pp. 82, 86.
- ^ Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 3 (London, 1791), p. 254: TNA SP14/12 f.8.
- ^ Martin Wiggins & Catherine Teresa Richardson, British Drama, 1533-1642: 1603-1608, vol. 5 (Oxford, 2015), pp. 169-70: Horatio Brown, Calendar State Papers, Venice: 1603-1607, vol. 10 (London, 1900), p. 207 no. 323: TNA SP14/12 f.8.
- ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 1 (London, 1828), p. 471.
- ^ Memorials of Affairs of State, vol. 2 (London, 1725), pp. 43-4.
- ^ John Nichols, The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the First, vol. 2 (London, 1828), pp. 348-9.
- ^ "Lady Anna Sophia Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (d.1695)". National Trust Collections. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 65.
- ^ Christie, E. (2021, May 13), 'Herbert (née de Vere), Susan, countess of Montgomery (1587–1629)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Retrieved 13 May 2021.