Anne Montagu, Viscountess Mandeville

Anne Montagu, Viscountess Mandeville (1604 – 14 February 1642), formerly Lady Anne Rich, was the second wife of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.^[1]

Anne was the daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, and his first wife, the former Frances Hatton. She married Montagu, then Lord Kimbolton, on 1 July 1625. He had previously been married to Susanna Hill, who died after less than two years without having any children.^[2]

In 1626, when his father was created an earl, Montagu became known as Viscount Mandeville.^[3] Through his wife's father, the Earl of Warwick, he began to have Puritan sympathies and to oppose the policies of King Charles I of England, prior to the English Civil War.^[4] Anne's portrait was painted by Daniel Mytens, and is now held by the British Embassy at The Hague.^[5]

Anne died in 1642, shortly before war broke out between the King and Parliament.^[4] Mandeville inherited the earldom in November 1642, only a few months after his wife's death. He married a further three times, his third wife being Essex Cheeke, who was Anne's second cousin; he had children by only one of his last three wives.

Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville had three children:

• Lady Anne Montagu (died 1689), who married Robert Rich, 5th Earl of Warwick, and had children
• Lady Frances Montagu, who married Henry Saunderson
• Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester (1634-1682)

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