Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (wife of Edward Somerset)

Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester, attributed to William Segar.

Elizabeth Hastings, later Countess of Worcester (born before 1556 – 24 August 1621) was a noblewoman born in Scotland to Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. In December 1571, she married Sir Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, son of Sir William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian North. Elizabeth had 15 children (eight sons and seven daughters).

Children

1. Lady Katherine Somerset (born c. 1575) – 30 October 1624) married William Petre
2. William Somerset (born c. 1576)
3. Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (born c. 1576 – 18 December 1646) married Anne Russell
4. Sir Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset (born c. 1578) – died 1650) married Helen Barry
5. Robert Somerset (born c. 1580), married Elizabeth Powell, daughter of Sir William Powell.
6. Francis Somerset (born c. 1582, Died as an infant)
7. Lady Blanche Somerset (born c. 1583 – 28 October 1649) married Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
8. Sir Charles Somerset (born c. 1584) married Elizabeth Powell
9. Lady Margaret Somerset (born c. 1585) married Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor.
10. George Somerset (born c. 1586)
11. Edward Somerset (born c. 1588
12. Lady Elizabeth Somerset (born c. 1590) married Sir Henry Guilford
13. Lady Anne Somerset (born c. 1594)
14. Lady Frances Somerset (born c. 1596) married William Morgan, 1st baronet of Llantarnam.
15. Lady Mary Somerset (born c. 1598)

Lady Elizabeth is buried next to her husband in the Somerset family chapel in the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (wife of Edward Somerset)

16. William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings               8. Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings                       17. Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings               4. George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon                             18. Thomas Hungerford               9. Mary Hungerford                       19. Anne Percy               2. Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon                                   20. Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford               10. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham                       21. Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford               5. Anne Stafford                             22. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               11. Catherine Woodville                       23. Jacquetta of Luxembourg               1. Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Worcester                                         24. Sir Geoffrey Pole of Worrell and of Wythurn               12. Sir Richard Pole                       25. Edith St John               6. Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu                             26. George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence               13. Margaret of York & Clarence                       27. Isabella Neville               3. Catherine Pole                                   28. George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny               14. George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny                       29. Margaret Fenne               7. Jane Neville                             30. Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel               15. Joan FitzAlan                       31. Margaret Woodville

Notes

1. Newman, John (2002). Gwent/Monmouthshire. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-0-300-09630-9.

References

• thepeerage.com Accessed March 16, 2008
• familysearch.org Accessed July 18, 2009
• Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series. (p. 667) Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. googlebooks Retrieved March 16, 2008