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Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of (1518–1608). ‘Bess of Hardwick’ was one of the most remarkable women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of a Derbyshire squire, she gained wealth and status through four increasingly ambitious marriages, the last (in 1567) to George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury. Two alliances between their respective children created a dynastic structure. The Shrewsburys were given charge of Mary, queen of Scots (1569–84), but a daughter's marriage to Darnley's younger brother (the union producing Arabella Stuart) provoked Elizabeth I's displeasure. After the earl's death, Bess, intriguer, termagant, and by then the richest woman in the kingdom, was free to concentrate on her building and furnishing at Chatsworth and Hardwick Hall, and her extensive business concerns based on land and cash; her shrewdness, energy, and strength of purpose made her feared, but she could be generous and lavish. Two of her sons founded the dukedoms of Devonshire and Newcastle.
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JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ShrewsburylzbthTlbtcntssf.html JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-ShrewsburylzbthTlbtcntssf.html |
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Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury
Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury (c.1520–1608), daughter and coheir of John Hardwick of Hardwick, Derbyshire. She is described as ‘a woman of a masculine understanding and conduct; proud, furious, selfish, and unfeeling’ ( T. Lodge). To her care and to that of her husband, the 6th earl of Shrewsbury, Mary Queen of Scots was entrusted in 1569 at Tutbury. She married her daughter to Charles Stuart, younger brother of Darnley, and was imprisoned in the Tower in consequence. She built Chatsworth (not the present building) and Hardwick Hall.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BssfHrdwcklzbthTlbtcntssf.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BssfHrdwcklzbthTlbtcntssf.html |
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Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of (1518–1608). ‘Bess of Hardwick’ was one of the most remarkable women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of a Derbyshire squire, she gained wealth and status through four increasingly ambitious marriages, the last (in 1567) to George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury. After the earl's death, Bess, intriguer and termagant, was free to concentrate on her building and furnishing at Chatsworth and Hardwick Hall.
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JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ShrewsburylzbthTlbtcntssf.html JOHN CANNON. "Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Talbot, countess of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ShrewsburylzbthTlbtcntssf.html |
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