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Anna Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

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44: 290:(aft.1649–1714), MP for Haslemere 1690–1698 and Winchester 1700–1714, Her second husband was a younger but 2nd surviving son of Sir Thomas Bridges (d. 1707) of Keynsham, Somerset, by his wife Anne Rodney, daughter and coheiress of Sir Edward Rodney MP of Stoke Rodney, Somerset. From 1678 to 1685, he served as 437:
online, Brydges "had secured his fortune at the expense of what remained of his reputation by marriage to the notorious Countess of Shrewsbury, the former lover of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, a domestic rearrangement which entailed his bringing an action in the court of arches for jactitation of
252:, and the earl challenged Villiers to a duel. The countess is said to have been present, disguised as a boy, and to have held the duke's horse. Her husband died of the injuries inflicted on him in the duel which was fought with swords at 363:"...my Lord Shrewsbury is run through the body, from the right breast through the shoulder: and Sir John Talbot all along up one of his armes; and Jenkins killed upon the place, and the rest all, in a little measure, wounded..." 264:, strongly disapproved of duelling within his realm and the duke temporarily fell out of royal favour as a result. It was said that, at various times, Buckingham fought five different men over Anna. 219:, who succeeded to the earldom of Cardigan as the second earl in 1663. Her mother was Anne Savage, the earl's second wife. Her brother was Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, whose daughter was 275:. Their affair was finally broken off in 1673. The countess went to France and spent some time in a convent. Her legitimate son had been removed from her care. While both his parents were 438:
marriage against his own previous mistress, .... with whom he had evidently cohabited for some years. The Countess paid ÂŖ4,500 to buy him a place as groom of the bedchamber."
294:, thanks to his wife buying him a place. The former Countess and George Rodney Brydges had one son George Brydges (1678–1751) also an MP, who died childless. 452: 249: 227: 204: 163: 99: 477: 434: 409: 231: 216: 176: 43: 268: 242: 487: 527: 245:). In 1662, they fought a celebrated duel for her favour in which Jermyn was left for dead and his second, Giles Rawlings, was killed. 448: 307: 532: 315: 238: 157: 237:
She was a passionate and unfaithful woman (harsher critics have called her a nymphomaniac). Her numerous lovers included
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For a time, the Duke of Buckingham kept Anna Maria as his mistress in his family home, where his wife,
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The former countess continued to be a famous beauty. Her portrait was painted by Sir
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Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury later returned to Britain and remarried in 1677
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The folk dance, "Anna Maria", is thought to have been named after her.
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Born on 25 March 1642, she was the eldest daughter of
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Anna Maria Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

Peter Lely
Francis Talbot
Henry Jermyn
George Villiers
Robert Brudenell
nÊe
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
Robert Brudenell
Lady Frances Brudenell
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Barn Elms
Samuel Pepys
King Charles II
Mary
Westminster Abbey
Roman Catholics
Church of England
George Rodney Brydges
Groom of the Bedchamber
Peter Lely
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Burman
St John's College, Cambridge
Origin of the folk dance

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