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Elizabeth Hardwick, more popularly known as Bess of Hardwick, was the daughter of John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leeke and was born in 1527. The Hardwicks were a prosperous Derbyshire gentry family. Her father died in 1528 and her mother remarried, marrying Ralph Leche of Chatsworth. Bess is today remembered as a builder of great houses, including Chatsworth, Hardwick Hall and Oldcotes. Her name ...
During her lifetime Bess built two great country houses which are still admired today--Chatsworth and Hardwick--and fulfilled her lifetime's ambition of founding a great dynasty. By the end of the 19th century, her blood was flowing through most of the aristocratic families of England, and she more than guaranteed her status as one of the most remarkable women in Tudor history.
Hardwick Old Hall, which Bess built on the site of her birthplace, a smaller medieval manor house, Derbyshire. English Heritage. Ancestry. Given the above, it is jaw-dropping to learn that Bess achieved everything she did with such humble origins. Bess was born in 1527 to John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leake.
30 de mar. de 2021 · Hear the story of Bess of Hardwick who rose from a modest background to become a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I, keeper and confidant to Mary Queen of Sco...
- 7 min
- 1808
- Chesterfield Borough Council
Bess van Hardwick. Elizabeth Talbot, gravin van Shrewsbury (ca. 1527 – 1608 ), beter bekend als Bess van Hardwick, was een Engelse aristocrate die in de 16e eeuw een van de belangrijkste figuren aan het hof van koningin Elizabeth was. Hoewel ze zelf naar contemporaine maatstaven van relatief lage afkomst was, wist Bess zich via vier ...
Bess de Hardwick. Elizabeth Cavendish , más tarde Elizabeth Talbot, condesa de Shrewsbury (c. 1527 - 13 de febrero de 1608), conocida como Bess of Hardwick (de soltera Elizabeth Hardwick ), de Hardwick Hall en Derbyshire, fue una figura notable de la sociedad inglesa isabelina. Mediante una serie de matrimonios bien hechos, alcanzó los ...
This Elizabethan-revival frame of 1865 was conceived by George Scharf, Secretary and later Director of the National Portrait Gallery, in collaboration with Henry Critchfield, the Gallery's framemaker. It is an unusual instance of antiquarian framing by the Gallery in its early days. The picture is an early copy of the portrait of 'Bess of ...
