Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk

Elizabeth de Mowbray
Duchess of Norfolk; Countess of Surrey
Spouse(s)	John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Issue Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk
Noble family	Talbot
Father	John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
Mother	Lady Margaret Beauchamp
Born	c. December 1442 / January 1443
Died	6 November 1506 / 10 May 1507

Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk (née Talbot) (c. December 1442/January 1443 – 6 November 1506/10 May 1507) was a daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Lady Margaret Beauchamp.

Family

Lady Elizabeth Talbot was a daughter of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Lady Margaret Beauchamp.^[1] Her younger sister was Lady Eleanor Talbot, believed to have been King Edward IV's mistress.^[2] Elizabeth's maternal grandparents were Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley. One of her brothers was John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle, a nobleman and soldier.

Marriage

She was married to John de Mowbray. He succeeded his father as Duke of Norfolk in 1461, making her the Duchess of Norfolk by marriage. They had only one surviving daughter, who inherited the Warwick estates.

• Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (10 December 1472 – 1481), married Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, a son of Edward IV of England and one of the Princes in the Tower. Anne died at the age of 8.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk

16. Richard Talbot, 2nd Lord Talbot               8. Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Lord Talbot                       17. Elizabeth Comyn               4. Richard, 4th Baron Talbot[2]                             18. James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde               9. Petronilla Butler                       19. Eleanor de Bohun               2. John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury[1]                                   20. John Strange, 2nd Lord Strange               10. Richard, Baron Lestrange[2]                       5. Ankaret Strange of Blackmere[2]                             22. Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel               11. Mary FitzAlan                       23. Alice de Warenne               1. Elizabeth de Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk                                         24. Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick               12. Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick                       25. Katherine Mortimer               6. Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick[2]                             26. William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby               13. Margaret Ferrers                       3. Lady Margaret Beauchamp[1]                                   28. Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley               14. Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley                       29. Elizabeth le Despenser, Baroness Berkeley               7. Elizabeth de Berkeley[2]                             30. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle               15. Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Berkeley                       31. Margaret Pipard

References

1. Richmond 2004.
2. Pollard 2004.
3. Weir 2008, p. 141.

Works cited

• Pollard, A.J. (2004). "Talbot, John, first earl of Shrewsbury and first earl of Waterford (c.1387–1453)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26932. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Richmond, Colin (2004). "Mowbray, John (VII), fourth duke of Norfolk (1444–1476)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19455. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Weir, Alison (2008). Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-09-953973-5.