Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset and suo jure Baroness Percy (26 January 1667 – 23/24 November 1722) was an English courtier.
The Duchess of Somerset | |
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Lady Elizabeth Percy (Duchess of Somerset), painted in 1713 by Godfrey Kneller (1646/9-1723); collection of Petworth House | |
| Born | Lady Elizabeth Percy 26 January 1667 Petworth House, Sussex, England |
| Died | 23/24 November 1722 (aged 55) Northumberland House, London, England |
| Noble family | Percy (birth) Seymour (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle
(m. 1679; died 1680)Thomas Thynne
(m. 1681; died 1682) |
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| Occupation | Mistress of the Robes to Anne, Queen of Great Britain |
She was styled Lady Elizabeth Percy between 1667 and 1679, Countess of Ogle between 1679 and 1681, Lady Elizabeth Thynne between 1681 and 1682, and Duchess of Somerset between 1682 and 1722. She was the only surviving child and sole heiress of Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644–1670). Lady Elizabeth was one of the closest personal friends of Queen Anne, which led Jonathan Swift to direct at her one of his sharpest satires, The Windsor Prophecy, in which she was called "Carrots".
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