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Biographie. Elle est la fille de John Hardwick (v.1487-1528) de Hardwick dans le Derbyshire, et de Élisabeth Leake 1 . Mariée quatre fois, elle est l'ancêtre des ducs de Devonshire et des ducs de Newcastle, de par son mariage avec William Cavendish, son 2e mari. Bess of Hardwick était aussi la grand-mère d' Arbella Stuart, prétendante au ...
En 1549 la parcela fue adquirida por un tesorero de Enrique VIII, William Cavendish, quien siguió los consejos de su esposa Bess de Hardwick para mudarse aquí desde su residencia en Suffolk. Iniciaron en 1553 la construcción de una nueva casa a orillas del río Derwent, y aunque Cavendish falleció cuatro años después, su viuda prosiguió las obras y las terminó en la década siguiente.
13 de dic. de 2021 · Elizabeth Hardwick (1520–1608), Countess of Shrewsbury, 'Bess of Hardwick'. Hans Eworth (c.1520–after 1578) (follower of) National Trust, Hardwick Hall. She was in fact married and widowed four times and had a reputation for being a powerful patron and businesswoman. She was responsible for the acquisition and building of Chatsworth House ...
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 of Hardwick's letters, which number almost 250 items of correspondence, bring to life her extraordinary story and allow us to eavesdrop on her world. Her letters allow us to reposition Bess as a complex woman of her times, immersed in the literacy and textual practices of everyday life, as her correspondence extends from servants, friends and family, to queens and officers of state.
13 de jul. de 2016 · Royal Crown Derby has also created a special Bess of Hardwick five-petal tray, in memory of the woman who bequeathed a “dynasty of dukedoms.”. “She would have had to be tough to survive in the 16th century,” Entwistle says. “She has been accused of being manipulating, ruthless, unwomanly.
The letters of the indomitable Elizabethan matriarch and dynast Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c.1527-1608, known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’), provide an unparalleled historical resource. Her letters number almost 250 items of correspondence (over 70 of which are from Elizabeth Talbot, mainly written in her own hand) include over 60 ...
