Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury

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Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury—better known as Bess of Hardwick—was a powerful and wealthy 16th-century English noblewoman and courtier who became one of the richest women in England through strategic marriages and ambitious building projects.

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instanceOf 16th-century English person ⓘ
Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ
English noblewoman ⓘ
courtier ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
patron of architecture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bess of Hardwick ⓘ
architecturalStyleAssociatedWith Elizabethan prodigy house ⓘ
associatedWith Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
birthDate c. 1527 ⓘ
birthName Elizabeth Hardwick ⓘ
birthPlace Hardwick, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace All Saints’ Church, Derby (now Derby Cathedral) ⓘ
child Charles Cavendish ⓘ
Elizabeth Cavendish ⓘ
Frances Cavendish ⓘ
Henry Cavendish ⓘ
Mary Cavendish ⓘ
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire ⓘ
commissioned Hardwick Hall ⓘ
rebuilding of Chatsworth House ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 13 February 1608 ⓘ
deathPlace Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Hardwick Hall
era Tudor period ⓘ
familyName Hardwick ⓘ
givenName Elizabeth ⓘ
house Cavendish family (by marriage) ⓘ
linked to: Cavendish family

Talbot family ⓘ
knownFor amassing great wealth through marriage and estate management ⓘ
being one of the richest women in England of her time ⓘ
large-scale building projects in Derbyshire ⓘ
rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots in popular legend ⓘ
legacy founder of the Cavendish dynasty’s great estates ⓘ
monarchServed Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
nobleTitle Countess of Lennox (by courtesy, through family connection) ⓘ
linked to: Countess of Lennox

Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ
notableFeature initials ES prominently displayed on Hardwick Hall ⓘ
numberOfMarriages 4 ⓘ
region Derbyshire ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Chatsworth House ⓘ
Hardwick Hall ⓘ
Hardwick Old Hall ⓘ
Wingfield Manor ⓘ
role custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
spouse George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury ⓘ
linked to: George Talbot

Robert Barlow ⓘ
Sir William Cavendish ⓘ
Sir William St Loe ⓘ

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Hardwick Hall → builtOnBehalfOf → Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ
Bess of Hardwick → alsoKnownAs → Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury
Robert Smythson → employer → Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ