Elizabeth Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk

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

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 older 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 Baron Talbot

8. Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Lord Talbot

17. Elizabeth de 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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Richmond 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pollard 2004.
^ 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.

[FOOTNOTERichmond2004-1] Richmond 2004.

[FOOTNOTEPollard2004-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pollard 2004.

[FOOTNOTEWeir2008141-3] Weir 2008, p. 141.

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