Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704

Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe

On 4th March 1639 [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 21] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 47] and [her grandmother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 49]. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.

Around 1649 Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter was born to William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 31] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 30] at Latimer, Buckinghamshire.

In 1662 Charles Rich and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 44] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 43]. He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 26th October 1662 [her brother] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde [aged 52] and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde [aged 47]. He the son of [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 45] and [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 43]. They were fifth cousins.

In 1664 [her husband] Charles Rich died.

On 2nd May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 22] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 52] and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 51]. He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter [aged 42] and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed.

On 15th May 1674 [her son] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter was born to [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 26] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 25]. He married (1) 1697 his fifth cousin Anabella Grey, daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville (2) 1699 Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow, and had issue.

In February 1678 [her father-in-law] John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter [aged 50] died. His son [her husband] John [aged 30] succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 29] by marriage Countess Exeter.

On 23rd November 1684 [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 67] died at his house in Roehampton, Surrey. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother] William [aged 44] succeeded 4th Earl Devonshire, 4th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [her sister-in-law] Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire [aged 38] by marriage Countess Devonshire.

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In 1689 [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 70] died.

On 24th September 1691 [her daughter] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork was born to [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 43] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 42]. She married her third cousin Charles Boyle 4th Earl Cork 4th Earl Orrery, son of Roger Boyle 2nd Earl Orrery and Mary Sackville Countess Orrery, and had issue.

Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven

In 1694 [her brother] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire [aged 53] was created 1st Duke Devonshire by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 43] in recognition of William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 1640-1707's support of the Glorious Revolution he having been one of the signatories of the Invitation to William of Orange from the Immortal Seven. [her sister-in-law] Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire [aged 48] by marriage Duchess Devonshire.

In 1697 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 22] and Anabella Grey were married. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 41] and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 49] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 48]. They were fifth cousins.

In 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 24] and Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 18] were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 51] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 50].

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On 29th August 1700 [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 52] died. His son John [aged 26] succeeded 6th Earl Exeter, 7th Baron Burghley. Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 19] by marriage Countess Exeter.

He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map]. Monument to John Cecil and his wife Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 51] sculpted by the French sculptor Pierre Etienne Monnot [aged 43] who was working in Rome. Neo-classical statuary group. One of the finest tombs of its day in the country, displaying strong antique tendencies as befits its Roman creation.

John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter: Around 1648 he was born to John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. On 2nd May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire. He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed. In February 1678 John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter died. His son John succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter by marriage Countess Exeter.

Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter: In 1681 she was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow. In 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter and she were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter. In 1710 Margaret Brownlow died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter, Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel. In 1723 Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter died.

In 1704 Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 55] died.

Ancestors of Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Scudamore 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carrington Smith

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Smith

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pinchbeck 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leeke of Hasland 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vaux

Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Keighley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Keighley

father: William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bruce

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss

Grandmother: Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire

Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 11 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 10 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newton of Hawtrey 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gorges 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Poyntz 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

mother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704

Royal Ancestors of Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704

Ancestors of Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704