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Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield 1538–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Lambeth, Surrey, England

Death Date: 11 Dec 1608

Death Location: Effingham, Surrey, England

Father: Lord Effingham

Mother: Margaret Gamage

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In 1538, Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield entered the world in Lambeth, Surrey, England, born to Lord William Howard Lord Chamberlain Admiral Of The Fleet 1St Baron Effingham And Margaret Lady Maid Of Honor To Queen Anne Boleyn Heiress Duchess Sir William Howard Of Effingham De Gamage. Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield passed away in 1608 in Effingham, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • In 1538, Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield entered the world in Lambeth, Surrey, England, born to Lord William Howard Lord Chamberlain Admiral Of The Fleet 1St Baron Effingham And Margaret Lady Maid Of Honor To Queen Anne Boleyn Heiress Duchess Sir William Howard Of Effingham De Gamage.
  • Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield passed away in 1608 in Effingham, Surrey, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Effingham
1510–1573
Birth Location: Rocester, Staffordshire, England
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Margaret Gamage
1515–1581
Birth Location: Coety Castle, Coety, Glamorganshire, Wales
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Lady Sheffield's Ancestors

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Lady Sheffield
1538–1608
Birth Place: Lambeth, Surrey, England
Parents
Lord William Howard, Lord Chamberlain, Admiral of the Fleet, 1st Baron Effingham
1510–1573
Rocester, Staffordshire, England
Margaret (Lady (Maid of Honor to Queen Anne Boleyn; Heiress; Duchess Sir William Howard of Effingham) De) Gamage
1515–1581
Coety Castle, Coety, Glamorganshire, Wales
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas (1*) , 2nd Duke of Norfolk 'Earl Marshal' Howard) KG
1443–1524
Stoke Newland, Suffolk, England
Lady (Elizabeth Agnes, Duchess of Norfolk,) Tilney
1480–1545
Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Sir (Lord Thomas Gamage Knight of the Garter, Lord of Coety, 1st Baron Howard of) Effingham
1485–1547
Coity, Glamorgan, Wales
Elizabeth SaintJohn
1490–1562
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Oliver II
1428–1497
Elizabeth John
1442–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hendrik Bolton
1418–1459
Elizabeth Scrope
1419–1504

Lady Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield in Lambeth, Surrey, England
Lambeth, Surrey, England
1608
11 Dec 1608
Age 70
Death of Lady Elizabeth Douglass Howard, Countess of Leicester, Baroness of Sheffield in Effingham, Surrey, England
Effingham, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Lambeth, Surrey, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1608
    Event Place: Effingham, Surrey, England
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