Biography of Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis 1635-1691

Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Fitzwilliam 1504-1588

In 1628 [her father] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 25) and [her mother] Elizabeth Dormer were married. She the daughter of Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon (age 18) and Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon. He the son of Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 51) and Anne Russell 2nd Marchioness Worcester (age 50). They were second cousin twice removed.

Before 1635 Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis was born to Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 32) and Elizabeth Dormer at Raglan Castle [Map].

On 31 May 1635 [her mother] Elizabeth Dormer died.

On 18 Dec 1646 [her grandfather] Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 69) died at Covent Garden [Map]. His son [her father] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 44) succeeded 2nd Marquess Worcester, 6th Earl Worcester.

In Jul 1654 William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 28) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 52) and Elizabeth Dormer. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1659 [her daughter] Frances Herbert was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 33) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 24).

In 1660 [her son] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 34) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 25).

In 1661 [her daughter] Mary Herbert Viscountess Montague was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 35) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 26).

In 1662 [her daughter] Anne Herbert was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 36) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 27).

On 19 Jan 1667 [her father-in-law] Percy Herbert 2nd Baron Powis (age 69) died. His son [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 2nd Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire. Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 32) by marriage Baroness Powis of Powis Castle in Powys.

On 03 Apr 1667 [her father] Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester (age 65) died. His son [her brother] Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 38) succeeded 3rd Marquess Worcester, 7th Earl Worcester. Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Worcester.

In 1668 [her daughter] Lucy Herbert was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 42) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 33).

Around 1674 John Michael Wright (age 56). Portrait of Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 39).

In 1674 [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 48) was created 1st Earl Powis. Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 39) by marriage Countess Powis.

In 1680 [her daughter] Winifred Herbert Countess Nithsdale was born to [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 54) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 45).

In 1687 [her husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 61) was created 1st Marquess Powis. Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 52) by marriage Marchioness Powis.

On 16 Mar 1691 Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis (age 56) died.

On 02 Jun 1696 [her former husband] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 70) died. His son [her son] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Powis, 2nd Earl Powis, 4th Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 3rd Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire. Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis. Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis.

Francis Browne 4th Viscount Montagu and [her daughter] Mary Herbert Viscountess Montague were married. She the daughter of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis. They were first cousin once removed.

Ancestors of Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis 1635-1691

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert 3rd Baroness Herbert Raglan 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward North 1st Baron North

Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina North Countess of Worcester

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Squier of Southby in Hampshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Squier Baroness North

GrandFather: Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham Duchess Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret York Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Bergavenny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Neville Baroness Montagu 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess Worcester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Russell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Wise

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandMother: Anne Russell 2nd Marchioness Worcester 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Spencer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cooke 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dormer of Wing

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dormer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Catesby of Whiston

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Catesby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Pigot

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Dormer 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gage

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Robert Dormer 1st Earl Carnarvon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Molyneux 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Radclyffe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Molyneux 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Gerard of Astley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holcroft

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ratclyffe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ratclyffe

Mother: Elizabeth Dormer 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Herbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cradock

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Parr Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Green Lady in Waiting 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sidney

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Golding Countess of Oxford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis 1635-1691

Ancestors of Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis 1635-1691