Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford
Noble person
1615 – 1684
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Who was Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford?
Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford was a wealthy English noblewoman, and the wife of William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford, a peer and soldier during the English Civil War, who after her death was created Duke of Bedford. Her mother was the notorious Frances Howard who was an accomplice to murder. In about 1638, Anne was the subject of at least two portraits by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
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- Born
- Dec 9, 1615
Tower of London - Parents
- Spouses
- William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
(1637/07/11 - 1684/05/10)
- William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford
- Children
- Died
- May 10, 1684
Woburn Abbey - Resting place
- Bedford Chapel at parish church of St Michael, Chenies
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on July 23, 2013
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