Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
Noble person
– 1799
Who was Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort?
Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort was born in Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire to John Symes Berkeley and Elizabeth Norborne. Her younger brother was Norborne, Lord Botetourt.
On 1 May 1740 she married Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his second wife Rachel Noel. They had six children:
Lady Anne Somerset, married Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton on 13 September 1759 and had issue
Lady Elizabeth Somerset
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Lady Rachel Somerset
Lady Henrietta Somerset, married Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet on 6 April 1769, no issue.
Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, married Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland on 26 December 1775 and had issue
A stone obelisk to the memory of her daughter Elizabeth is located in Stoke Park, Bristol. It is engraved with the Latin inscription:
ELIZABETHA SOMERSET
CAROLI DUCIS BEAUFORT FILIA SECUNDA HIC OBIIT VII
MAII MDCCLX
RESTITUTUM ANNO MMIV
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- Spouses
- Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
(1740/05/01 - )
- Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Apr 9, 1799
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on July 23, 2013
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