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  1. Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( née Hardwick; c. 1521 – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series of well-made marriages, she rose to the highest levels of English nobility and became enormously wealthy.

  2. 22 de mar. de 2022 · Bess of Hardwick: a brief biography. Born: An unknown date in 1527, the same year that Henry VIII petitioned the Pope to have his marriage to Katherine of Aragon annulled. Death: 13 February 1608. Bess died at her beloved Hardwick Hall – she was around eighty-one years old, an astonishingly old age by the standards of the time.

  3. Hace 5 días · Bess of Hardwick. Rising from a modest background to become a friend of Elizabeth I and one of the richest women of her time, Bess was also a tireless and ambitious builder, whose houses symbolised her rise to wealth and power. Lived: 1527–1608. Field: Noblewoman and builder.

  4. Bess of Hardwick was the richest woman in England after Queen Elizabeth I, and her house was conceived to be a conspicuous statement of her wealth and power. The windows are exceptionally large and numerous at a time when glass was a luxury, leading to the saying, "Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall."

  5. 13 de dic. de 2021 · The life and legacy of Bess of Hardwick. Posted 13 Dec 2021, by Evie Nicholson. This decade marks five hundred years since the birth of Elizabeth Cavendish – better known as ' Bess of Hardwick ' or Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury.

  6. Bess of Hardwick was one of the most powerful and wealthy women in Elizabethan England, second only to the Queen. She was a shrewd business woman, increasing her assets with numerous enterprises and properties.