Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan (1689-1745)
Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan (January 1689 – December 1745), formerly Lady Elizabeth Bruce, was the wife of George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan, and the mother of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu.
She was the daughter of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, and his first wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Seymour.[1]
She married the earl on 15 May 1707 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden. Her portrait was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the same year.[2]
Their children included:
- George, 4th Earl of Cardigan (1712-1790), who married Lady Mary Montagu and had children
- James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan (1715-1811)
- Hon. Robert Brudenell (1726-1768), who married Anne Bisshopp and had one son, Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan
- Thomas Brudenell-Bruce (1729-1815), who succeeded to the Bruce estates and was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776.
- Lady Mary Brudenell (died 1813), who married Richard Powys, MP, and had children
- Lady Frances Brudenell, who married Oliver Tilson[3]
Their eldest son, George Brudenell, was born at Cardigan House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in London. Having inherited the estates of his father-in-law, John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, in 1749, he assumed the surname "Montagu", and was created Marquess of Monthermer and Duke of Montagu in 1766.[4][5]
Lord Cardigan died in July 1732 and was succeeded by his eldest son, George. The Countess of Cardigan died in December 1745, aged 56. She was buried at the family seat of Deene in Northamptonshire.[4]
References
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire:. Harrison. p. 81.
- ↑ "Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt". Sothebys. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999. Page 38.
- 1 2 G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 14.
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