Died of Smallpox
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In Jan 1562 Richard Alington (age 27) died of smallpox in Long Melford, Suffolk [Map].
On 09 Feb 1605 Filippo Emanuele Prince of Piedmont (age 18) died of smallpox at Valladolid. His brother Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy (age 17) succeeded Duke Savoy.
On 06 Dec 1618 Elizabeth Radclyffe Viscountess Haddington died of smallpox.
In 1620 Jane Okeover (age 46) died of smallpox. The year also reported as 1622 when her former husband remarried and 1628.
On 25 Sep 1621 Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 59) died of smallpox at Herbert Townhouse Aldersgate Street. Her funeral was held at St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. She was buried at Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
On 27 Feb 1643 Tobias Crispe (age 43) died of smallpox. He was buried at St Mildred's Church, Bread Street.
On 03 Jun 1643 Anne Sophia Herbert Countess Carnarvon died of smallpox.
On 24 Jun 1649 Henry Hastings (age 19) died of smallpox.
On 29 Nov 1649 John Leventhorpe 3rd Baronet (age 20) died of smallpox unmarried at Chancery Lane [Map]. His brother Thomas Leventhorpe 4th Baronet (age 13) succeeded 4th Baronet Leventhorpe of Shingey Hall in Hertfordshire.
In Feb 1655 George Brydges 6th Baron Chandos (age 34) died of smallpox. His brother William Brydges 7th Baron Chandos (age 34) succeeded 7th Baron Chandos of Sudeley.
On 07 Dec 1657 Johanna Saxe Gotha (age 12) died of smallpox at Gotha.
On 31 Dec 1657 Johann Ernest Saxe Gotha (age 16) died of smallpox at Gotha.
In 1659 Henry Lee 3rd Baronet (age 21) died of smallpox. His brother Francis Lee 4th Baronet (age 19) succeeded 4th Baronet Lee of Quarrendon in Buckinghamshire.
In 1660 Bassingbourne Gawdy (age 22) died of smallpox.
On 10 Aug 1660 Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox (age 11) died of smallpox at Paris [Map]. He was buried in on 04 Sep 1660 in the Richmond Vault, Westminster Abbey. His first cousin Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Lennox, 3rd Duke Richmond. 4th Earl March. Elizabeth Rogers Duchess Richmond by marriage Duchess Richmond. His sister Mary Stewart Countess Arran (age 9) succeeded 5th Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 13 Sep 1660 Henry Stewart 1st Duke Gloucester (age 20) died of smallpox. Duke Gloucester and Earl Cambridge extinct.
On 24 Dec 1660 Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 29) died of smallpox.
On 04 Feb 1661 Charles Villiers 2nd Earl Anglesey died of smallpox without legitimate issue. Earl Anglesey, Baron Villiers of Daventry extinct.
On 05 May 1661 Charles Stewart died of smallpox at Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 17 Dec 1661 Charles Coote 1st Earl Mountrath (age 51) died of smallpox. He was buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Dublin [Map].
On 17 Mar 1665 Mary Gardiner (age 38) died of smallpox. On 01 Apr 1665 she was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 06 Jan 1668 Henry Caesar (age 37) died of smallpox.
On 30 Jul 1671 Louis Guise Duke Guise (age 20) died of smallpox.
In 1675 William Sarsfield died of smallpox.
On 02 Mar 1675 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 65) died of smallpox at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of All Saints, Lamport. His son Thomas Isham 3rd Baronet (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
In 1676 William Brydges 7th Baron Chandos (age 55) died of smallpox with no male issue. His third cousin James Brydges 8th Baron Chandos (age 33) succeeded 8th Baron Chandos of Sudeley. Elizabeth Barnard Baroness Chandos (age 33) by marriage Baroness Chandos of Sudeley.
On 12 Dec 1677 Charles Stewart died of smallpox.
In 1678 William Dummer (age 21) died of smallpox.
In 1680 Mary Wood Duchess Southampton (age 17) died of smallpox. She was buried with her mother Mary Gardiner (who also died of smallpox) in Westminster Abbey [Map].
On 22 Jun 1680 Elisabeth Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 1) died of smallpox at Gotha.
In 1681 Edward Turbeville (age 33) died of smallpox.
In 1685 Anne Killigrew (age 25) died of smallpox. She was buried at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].
On 14 Mar 1685 Mary Evelyn (age 20) died of smallpox.
On 09 Jul 1685 John Hussey (age 26) died of smallpox.
On 27 Aug 1685 Elizabeth Evelyn (age 17) died of smallpox.
Around 18 Apr 1686 Archbishop John Dolben (age 61) died of smallpox. He had been returned from York to London when he came into contact with a person infected with small-pox. Becoming infected himself he died a few days later.
Around 1690 Henry Horatio O'Brien died of smallpox.
On 21 Oct 1690 Infanta Isabel Luísa of Portugal (age 21) died of smallpox.
On 06 Aug 1691 Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex (age 22) died of smallpox.
On 24 May 1694 Anthony Carey 5th Viscount Falkland (age 38) died of smallpox. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His second cousin Lucius Carey 6th Viscount Falkland (age 6) succeeded 6th Viscount Falkland.
On 28 Dec 1694 Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 32) died of smallpox shortly after midnight at Kensington Palace. Her body lay in state at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 05 Mar 1695 she was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. Archbishop Thomas Tenison (age 58) preached the sermon.
She had reigned for five years. Her husband King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 44) continued to reign for a further eight years.
In Nov 1695 John Guise 2nd Baronet (age 41) died of smallpox. He was buried in St John the Baptist's Church, Elmore. His son John Guise 3rd Baronet (age 18) succeeded 3rd Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.
On 25 Feb 1699 Robert Shirley (age 25) died of smallpox.
On 30 Jul 1700 Prince William Duke Gloucester (age 11) died of smallpox.
On 16 Sep 1700 Thomas Morgan (age 36) died of smallpox. John Morgan of Tredegar (age 29) inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire and estates worth £7000.
On 05 Jun 1701 Thomas Gee died of smallpox. Buried at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].
On 08 Nov 1702 John Evelyn of Nutfield (age 25) died of smallpox.
On 20 Feb 1703 John Churchill (age 17) died of smallpox.
On 21 Nov 1703 Karl Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 1) died of smallpox (possibly) at Gotha.
On 29 Nov 1703 Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg (age 6) died of smallpox at Gotha.
On 28 Mar 1704 Edward Ward 8th Baron Dudley 3rd Baron Ward (age 20) died of smallpox. His son succeeded 4th Baron Ward of Birmingham, 9th Baron Sutton of Dudley posthumously.
On 27 Feb 1705 Christian Saxe Coburg Altenburg was born to Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg (age 28) and Magdalena Augusta Anhalt Zerbst Anhaltzerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg at Gotha. He died of smallpox on 05 Mar 1705 at Gotha.
In 1710 Margaret Brownlow (age 23) died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 29), Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford (age 26) and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel (age 19).
On 16 Jun 1710 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham (age 31) died of smallpox at Ashburnham. His brother John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex.
In Jul 1710 Catherine Taylor died of smallpox.
On 27 Nov 1710 Robert Lovett (age 43) died of smallpox.
In 1711 Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) died of smallpox. His brother Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor (age 26) succeeded VI Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1711 William Henry Osborne (age 21) died of smallpox in Utrecht.
On 14 Apr 1711 Louis "Le Grand Dauphin" Bourbon Duke Burgundy (age 49) died of smallpox. Louis Bourbon Duke Burgundy (age 28) was appointed Duke Burgundy and Dauphin.
On 17 May 1711 William Henry Granville 3rd Earl of Bath (age 19) died of smallpox. Earl Bath extinct.
On 22 Feb 1712 John Reade 3rd Baronet (age 21) died of smallpox unmarried at Rome in exile having become a Jacobite. He was buried on 11 Jun 1712 in the Brocket Chapel at St Elthreda's Church, Bishop's Hatfield. Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct.
In 1713 William Pierrepont (age 21) died of smallpox. He was buried at the Church of St Edmund Holme Pierrepoint [Map].
On 22 Mar 1713 Robert Petre 7th Baron Petre (age 24) died of smallpox. His son Robert Petre 8th Baron Petre succeeded 8th Baron Petre.
On 01 Dec 1713 Richard Lowther 2nd Viscount Lonsdale (age 19) died of smallpox. His brother Henry Lowther 3rd Viscount Lonsdale (age 19) succeeded 3rd Viscount Lonsdale in Westmoreland.
On 17 Apr 1714 Baptist Noel 3rd Earl Gainsborough (age 30) died of smallpox. His son Baptist Noel 4th Earl Gainsborough (age 6) succeeded 4th Earl Gainsborough, 7th Viscount Campden.
On 05 Jul 1714 Robert Shirley (age 21) died of smallpox. Monument in Holy Trinity Church Staunton Harold, Leicestershire [Map]. Elbow Reclining Figure. Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Possibly by John Michael Rysbrack (age 20).
Robert Shirley: On 28 Dec 1692 he was born to Robert Shirley and Anne Ferrers.
In 1721 Helen Froggatt (age 22) died of smallpox during an epidemic at Kinder.
In 1721 Elizabeth Booth died of smallpox.
On 21 May 1721 Francis Gee (age 17) died of smallpox. He was buried at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map].
On 23 May 1721 Essex Finch (age 34) died of smallpox.
On 04 Jul 1721 Percy Seymour (age 25) died of smallpox.
Before 19 Aug 1721 John Booth of Kinder died of smallpox. He was buried at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map]. His son Thomas Booth (age 2) inherited Booth Farm, Kinder [Map].
On 21 Sep 1721 John Froggat (age 19) died of smallpox.
Before 24 Jul 1722 Robert Nightingale 4th Baronet died of smallpox unmarried. His brother Edward Nightingale (age 64) de jure 5th Baronet Nightingale of Newport Pond in Essex.
On 04 Jun 1723 Léopold Clement Charles Lorraine (age 16) died of smallpox.
On 31 Aug 1724 Louis I King Spain (age 17) died of smallpox. He was buried at the El Escorial Palace. Philippe V King Spain (age 40) returned to the Spanish throne.
On 23 May 1731 John Chaplin 2nd Baronet (age 20) died of smallpox. Baronet Chaplin of the Inner Temple in London extinct.
In 1732 Elizabeth Tenison died of smallpox.
On 13 May 1737 William Wodehouse (age 31) died of smallpox without issue. He was buried in St James'.
In 23 Feb 1738 Edmund Quincy (age 56) died of smallpox.
On 01 Jul 1741 Mary Fairfax Viscountess Fairfax died of smallpox.
On 02 Jul 1742 Robert Petre 8th Baron Petre (age 29) died of smallpox at Ingatestone Hall Ingatestone Blackmore. His son Robert Edward Petre 9th Baron Petre succeeded 9th Baron Petre.
In 1746 Elizabeth Fazakerley died of smallpox.
On 01 Apr 1750 Francis Scott (age 29) died of smallpox. He was buried at Buccleuch Crypt, St Nicholas Church, Dalkeith.
On 24 Aug 1751 James Aston 5th Baronet (age 28) died of smallpox without male issue. His fourth cousin once removed Philip Aston 6th Baronet (age 40) succeeded 6th Baronet Aston of Tixall.
In 1752 Margaret Cecil died of smallpox at Earl of Egmont's House Pall Mall.
On 23 Dec 1753 Thomas Gresley 5th Baronet (age 30) died of smallpox. His brother Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (age 26) succeeded 6th Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Wynn Lady Gresley by marriage Lady Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
On 06 Jun 1759 Bluett Wallop (age 33) died of smallpox.
On 31 Jan 1760 Mary Radclyffe (age 46) died of smallpox in Brussels [Map].
On 23 Dec 1762 Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (age 12) died of smallpox.
On 10 May 1774 Louis XV King France (age 64) died of smallpox. His grandson Louis XVI King France (age 19) succeeded XVI King France: Capet Valois Bourbon.
On 20 Apr 1848 Katherine Isabella Manners (age 39) died of smallpox at 47 Eaton Place.
