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Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

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Lady Elizabeth was a patron of the arts, as well as a writer. She was the author of five Huntington Library manuscripts: four copies of prayers, biblical extracts, and meditations, and one volume of sermon notes. Forty-six of her letters (written from 1605 until late 1632), which provide a keen
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for her mother's visit to Ashby in August 1607. A triumphal arch was built in the park. A welcome speech was delivered by an actor dressed as a witch or "Inchantress" called Merimna. She claimed that Ashby was held by Melancholy and Desolation. Next Saturn, a god who represented melancholy,
48: 266:, he succeeded as the fifth earl. From that date onward, Lady Elizabeth was styled Countess of Huntingdon, as well as Lady Hastings of Hungerford and Lady Botreaux, since her husband also held those titles. 417: 262:, and Lady Sarah Harrington. As his father had died in 1595, Henry was heir to the earldom of Huntingdon. On 31 December 1604, upon the death of his grandfather 243: 1536: 287: 124: 1556: 228: 179:. She was also styled Lady Hastings of Hungerford and Lady Botreaux as her husband held both of these titles in addition to the Earl of Huntingdon. 263: 1526: 1521: 744: 719: 298: 255: 176: 132: 114: 1541: 680: 375: 220: 192: 142: 833: 1531: 1516: 601: 1475: 1338: 512: 487: 443: 566: 281: 259: 315:. In one of these letters, she described a visit to the royal court where she watched the rehearsals and final production of a 1511: 421: 171:(6 January 1588 – 20 January 1633), formerly Lady Elizabeth Stanley, was an English noblewoman and writer who was third in 273:, Leicestershire, where the earls of Huntingdon had their family seat. Together Henry and Elizabeth had four children: 1506: 889: 204: 406: 425: 410: 354: 1551: 270: 362:
recognised the Countess of Derby. At the masque in the Great Chamber the moon goddess Cynthia was presented.
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insight into her life and personal sentiments, survive in the Hastings Collection of the
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was painted sometime between 1601 and 1610. She was also the subject of a portrait by
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of Loughborough (28 September 1610 – 10 January 1667), died unmarried without issue.
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Lady Elizabeth Hastings (born ca. 1605), married Sir Hugh Calverley; died childless.
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in 1596, third in line of succession to the English throne. Upon the death of Queen
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On 15 January 1601, shortly after her 13th birthday, Lady Elizabeth married
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Elizabeth died on 20 January 1633, shortly after her 45th birthday, at
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Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2005
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Lady Elizabeth was born and baptised on 6 January 1588, in
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Perdita Woman: Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
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Ancestors of Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
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Nicholas Hilliard
Knowsley Hall
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Noble family
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
Alice Spencer
line of succession
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
Knowsley
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby
Lord of Mann
Alice Spencer
Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk
Henry VIII
Lady Margaret Clifford
Elizabeth I
Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven
heir presumptive
Lady Frances Stanley
James VI of Scotland
Margaret Tudor
Alternative successions of the English crown
Henry Hastings
Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
Ashby de la Zouch Castle

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