Biography of Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure 1552-1618

Paternal Family Tree: Spencer

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561

Before Oct 1545 [her father] John Spencer (age 21) and [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson and [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 36).

On 29 Jun 1552 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure was born to John Spencer (age 28) and Katherine Kitson (age 28) at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map].

On 29 Dec 1574 George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 27) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 22) were married.

On 24 Apr 1576 [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey was born to [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 29) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 23). She was baptised on the 07 Jun 1576 at St Dunstan's Church, Hunsdon; her godmothers were Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick.

In or before 1578 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 19) and Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 20) were married. They were half fourth cousins.

On 08 Nov 1586 [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 62) died.

On 08 Nov 1586 [her father] John Spencer (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay [Map].

On 20 Aug 1593 [her brother-in-law] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 33) and Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 30) were married.

In 1594 William Eure 2nd Baron Eure (age 64) died. In 1594 His son [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 35) succeeded 3rd Baron Eure. Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 37) by marriage Baroness Eure.

Death of Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon

On 23 Jul 1596 [her father-in-law] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 70) died at Somerset House [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 62) was present. She, apparently, proposed he be made Earl of Wiltshire. He refused saying ... "Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death". His son [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Hunsdon. Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 44) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.

On 22 Oct 1597 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.

Before 1601 [her son-in-law] Thomas Berkeley (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey (age 24) were married. They were third cousin once removed.

On 25 Feb 1603 [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25 Apr 1603.

On 08 Sep 1603 [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 56) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 49) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.