William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
The Earl of Worcester | |
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| 3rd Earl of Worcester | |
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (d. 1565) |
William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester,
Elizabeth Browne.[1]
Earl of Worcester
On 26 November 1549, he succeeded his father and became the 3rd Earl of Worcester.
Worcester supported
Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn
.
Marriages and children
Before 19 May 1550, Worcester married Christiana North, daughter of Edward North, 1st Baron North and his wife Alice Squire.[2] They were parents to three children:
- Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (d. 3 March 1628).
- Elizabeth Somerset. Married William Windsor. He was a namesake son of William Windsor, 2nd Baron Windsor by his wife Margaret Sambourne.
- Lucy Somerset. Married Henry Herbert, Esquire.[2]
William Somerset re-married (2nd) before 1567 Theophila Newton, daughter of John Newton (otherwise Cradock), Knt., of East Harptree, Somerset, by Margaret, daughter of Anthony Poyntz, Knt. A portrait of Countess Theophila by an unknown artist of that date is mentioned by Ashelford, Visual History of Costume (1983): 72.
Death
William Somerset died at his house
Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire.[3]
Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ "Somerset, William, third earl of Worcester". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-8063-1750-7.
- ISBN 978-0-300-09630-9.
External links
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.