Bess of hardwick biography of michaels

          She is renowned as a matriarch and dynast and perhaps best known as the builder of Hardwick Hall and Chatsworth House.

        1. She is renowned as a matriarch and dynast and perhaps best known as the builder of Hardwick Hall and Chatsworth House.
        2. Bess was born around , one of four daughters and a son born to John Hardwick of Hardwick, Derbyshire.
        3. BESS OF HARDWICK​​ Bess's father John Hardwick died aged 41 when Bess was still very young and although John had tried to protect his estates in the event of his.
        4. Born a poor gentleman farmer's daughter, she died a countess and grandmother to a possible heir to the throne.
        5. Bess's marital history is just as remarkable.

          6. BESS OF HARDWICK​​ Bess's father John Hardwick died aged 41 when Bess was still very young and although John had tried to protect his estates in the event of his.!

          Bess of Hardwick

          English noblewoman and businesswoman

          Bess of Hardwick

          Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, by Rowland Lockey, 1592 in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London

          Bornc.

          1527

          Died13 February 1608
          BuriedAll Saints Church, Derby
          Noble familyHardwick
          Spouse(s)

          Robert Barley

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          (m. 1543; died 1544)​

          Sir William St Loe

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          (m. 1559; died 1565)​
          IssueFrances Cavendish
          Temperance Cavendish
          Henry Cavendish
          William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
          Charles Cavendish
          Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox
          Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury
          Lucrece Cavendish
          FatherJohn Hardwick
          MotherElizabeth Leeke

          Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (née Hardwick; c. 1521  – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire,