Biography of Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 1716-1776

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Pepy's Diary. 23 Feb 1669. Up: and to the Office, where all the morning, and then home, and put a mouthfull of victuals in my mouth; and by a Hackney-coach followed my wife and the girls [Barbara Pepys and Elizabeth Pepys], who are gone by eleven o'clock, thinking to have seen a new play at the Duke of York's (age 35) house. But I do find them staying at my tailor's, the play not being to-day, and therefore I now took them to Westminster Abbey, and there did show them all the tombs very finely, having one with us alone, there being other company this day to see the tombs, it being Shrove Tuesday; and here we did see, by particular favour, the body of Queen Katherine of Valois; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands, and I did kiss her mouth, reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queen1, and that this was my birth-day, thirty-six years old, that I did first kiss a Queen. But here this man, who seems to understand well, tells me that the saying is not true that says she was never buried, for she was buried; only, when Henry the Seventh built his chapel, it was taken up and laid in this wooden coffin; but I did there see that, in it, the body was buried in a leaden one, which remains under the body to this day.

Note 1. Pepys's attachment to the fair sex extended even to a dead Queen. The record of this royal salute on his natal day is very characteristic. The story told him in Westminster Abbey appears to have been correct; for Neale informs us ("History of Westminster Abbey", vol. ii., p. 88) that near the south side of Henry V.'s tomb there was formerly a wooden chest, or coffin, wherein part of the skeleton and parched body of Katherine de Valois, his Queen (from the waist upwards), was to be seen. She was interred in January, 1457, in the Chapel of Our Lady, at the east end of this church; but when that building was pulled down by her grandson, Henry VII, her coffin was found to be decayed, and her body was taken up, and placed in a chest, near her first husband's tomb. "There", says Dart, "it hath ever since continued to be seen, the bones being firmly united, and thinly clothed with flesh, like scrapings of tanned leather". This awful spectacle of frail mortality was at length removed from the public gaze into St. Nicholas's Chapel [Map], and finally deposited under the monument of Sir George Villiers, when the vault was made for the remains of Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, in December, 1776. B.

On 05 Jul 1715 [her father] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 30) and [her mother] Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 16) were married. He the son of Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset (age 52) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset (age 48). They were third cousin once removed.

On 26 Nov 1716 Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland was born to Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 32) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 17).

In 1722 [her father] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 37) was created 1st Baron Percy. [her mother] Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 22) by marriage Baroness Percy.

Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet: In 1657 he was born to Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet. In 1684 Jerome Smithson 2nd Baronet died. His son Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet succeeded 3rd Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

On 06 Jul 1740 Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 24) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 55) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 41).

On 14 Aug 1742 [her son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland was born to [her husband] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 25).

On 02 Dec 1748 [her grandfather] Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset (age 86) died at Petworth. His son [her father] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 64) succeeded 7th Duke Somerset, 7th Earl Hertford. [her mother] Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Duchess Somerset.

In 1749 [her father] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 64) was created 1st Earl Egremont. [her mother] Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Countess Egremont.

On 21 Jan 1750 [her son] Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley was born to [her husband] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 34) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 33).

On 07 Feb 1750 [her father] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset (age 65) died. He was buried at Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey. His half fifth cousin once removed Edward Seymour 8th Duke Somerset (age 55) succeeded 8th Duke Somerset. Earl Hertford extinct. Mary Webb Duchess Somerset (age 53) by marriage Duchess Somerset. His daughter Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baroness Percy. His nephew Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Egremont.

On 07 Jul 1754 [her mother] Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 55) died.

On 02 Jul 1764 [her son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Stuart (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 51) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 46). He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 48) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 47).

In 1766 [her husband] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 50) was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 49) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

On 08 Jun 1775 [her son] Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley (age 24) were married at Syon House [Map]. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 59) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 58).

Before 05 Dec 1776 [her daughter] Elizabeth Anne Frances Percy was born to [her husband] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 60) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 60).

On 05 Dec 1776 Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 60) died. Her son [her son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baron Percy

On 06 Jun 1786 [her former husband] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 70) died. His son [her son] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 43) succeeded 2nd Duke Northumberland, 2nd Baron Lovain, 5th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. Frances Julia Burrell Duchess Northumberland (age 33) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 1716-1776

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 1716-1776

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour Trowbridge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Honora Rogers

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Prynne of Allington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wymond Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Davys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Alington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Alington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope

Father: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Browne Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vernon 5 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leigh

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Egerton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Thynne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hayward

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lyte aka Howard 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Howard 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Coventry Lady Thynne Kempsford

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Aldersley of Spurstow in Cheshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry

GrandFather: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Unton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Finch Viscountess Weymouth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Seymour 2nd Duke Somerset 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Honora Rogers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Mother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Strode 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strode of Parnham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hody

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Strode of Parnham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Strode 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wyndham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wyndham of Orchard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Florence Wadham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wyndham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Portman

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Portman

GrandMother: Grace Strode 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England