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Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset 1599–1674 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1599

Birth Location: london, greater, London, England

Death Date: 24 April 1674

Death Location: Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England

Father: Sir ESSEX

Mother: Lady Clanricarde

Spouse(s): Rt KB

Children(s): Lady Clifford

Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset was born in 1599 in london, greater, London, England, the child of Sir Robert 2Nd Earl 3Rd Viscount Devereux Of Hereford And Essex And Lady Frances Burke Walsingham Countess Of Essex And Of Clanricarde. Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset married Rt Hon Sir William Seymour Duke Of Somerset 1St Marquess Of Hertford Kg Kb, and had children including Lady Jane Seymour Viscountess Dungarvan Baroness Clifford. Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset passed away in 1674 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

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  • Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset was born in 1599 in london, greater, London, England, the child of Sir Robert 2Nd Earl 3Rd Viscount Devereux Of Hereford And Essex And Lady Frances Burke Walsingham Countess Of Essex And Of Clanricarde.
  • Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset married Rt Hon Sir William Seymour Duke Of Somerset 1St Marquess Of Hertford Kg Kb, and had children including Lady Jane Seymour Viscountess Dungarvan Baroness Clifford.
  • Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset passed away in 1674 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Somerset's Ancestors

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Lady Somerset
1599–1674
Birth Place: london, greater, London, England
Parents
Sir Robert, 2ND EARL, 3RD VISCOUNT DEVEREUX OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX
1566–1601
Netherwood Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
Lady (Frances Burke Walsingham Countess of Essex and of) Clanricarde
1567–1627
Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Walter Devereux, Knight of the Garter Lord of Devereux 2nd Viscount of Hereford 1st Earl of) Essex
1539–1576
Devereux Castle, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Lettice, (Countess of Essex) Knollys
1543–1634
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Sir (Francis Walsingham, Ambassador to France; Elizabeth's Secretary of State) "Spymaster"
1530–1590
Scudbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Lady (Ursula St.) Barbe
1532–1602
Great-Grandparents
Sir Garter
1516–1547
Lady (Devereux)
1520–1566
Sir VIII
1511–1596
Lady I
1524–1569
Sir State
1491–1534
Lady Denny
1506–1559
Henry Esq.
1489–1557
Eleanor Lewknor
1500–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Botreaux)
1500–1544

Lady Somerset's Descendants

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Lady (Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of) Somerset (20 Sep 1599–24 April 1674) m. Rt (Hon. Sir William Seymour Duke of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Hertford, KG,) KB (1 Sep 1587–24 Oct 1660)
  1. 1. Lady (Jane Seymour Viscountess Dungarvan, Baroness) Clifford 1637–1679 m. Sir (Charles Clifford) Boyle 1639–1694
    1. 1. Honourable (Sir Charles Boyle, Earl of Cork and Burlington, 4th Baron) Clifford 1651–1704 m. Juliana Noel 1672–1750
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Bedingfield) Boyle 1689–1724 m. Edward Wedge 1666–1722
        1. 1. Elizabeth Wedge 1723–1752 m. Mark Fowler 1725–1776
        2. 2. Thomas Wedge –1714
        3. 3. Thomas Wedge 1715–
    2. 2. Arabella Boyle 1670–1740
    3. 3. Elizabeth Boyle 1662–1703
    4. 4. Henry Boyle 1669–1725
    5. 5. Lady (Mary) Boyle 1664–1709
    6. 6. Samual Boyle 1675–1704

Lady Somerset's Timeline

3 Records

1599
20 Sep 1599
Birth of Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset in london, greater, London, England
london, greater, London, England
1633
27 October 1633
Age 34
Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset was married in Basset, Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Basset, Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, France
1674
24 April 1674
Age 75
Death of Lady Francis Seymour Devereaux, Duchess of Somerset in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1599
    Event Place: london, greater, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 October 1633
    Event Place: Basset, Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, France
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 April 1674
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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