Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland

Elizabeth Percy
Countess of Northumberland

Elizabeth Wriothesley by Sir Peter Lely, for the Windsor Beauties
Reign
23 December 1662 – 5 July 1749
Spouse Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland

Issue

Isabella (d. 20 December 1786).
John (1706-1711)
George (died in infancy)
Mary (c 1711 - 1 May 1775).
Edward
Father Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
Mother Elizabeth Leigh
Born 1646
Died 19 September 1690

Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland (née Wriothesley; 1646 – 19 September 1690), was a British courtier. She was one of the Windsor Beauties, painted by Sir Peter Lely.

Family

Her father was Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, and her mother was Lady Elizabeth Leigh, daughter of the 1st Earl of Chichester.[1]

She married Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, on 23 December 1662.[1] They had two children:

She traveled with her husband to Italy, where he was taken ill and died in Turin, the next year.

Upon his death, being a wealthy heiress, she married Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, at Titchfield, Hampshire, on 24 August 1673;[2] they had two children:

Portrait

Another portrait of the Countess of Northumberland by Sir Peter Lely

Elizabeth was an important patron of the artist Peter Lely, who painted her several times. Her portraits were among the Windsor Beauties at Hampton Court and among the series of beautiful women portraits, ordered by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://thepeerage.com/p1047.htm#i10468
  2. ↑ Leslie Stephen (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography 38. p. 263. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  3. ↑ Catalogue note for Portrait of Lady Wriothesley by Peter Lely

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