Elizabeth Baroness Percy, Duchess of Somerset

Percy - A minature portrait of Lady Elizabeth Seymour heiress to the Percy estates Percy - Lady Elizabeth Percy daughter and sole heiress of Josceline 11th earl of Northumberland by Sir Peter Lely Lady Elizabeth Percy

Elizabeth was born in 1666.  Elizabeth's father was Josceline 11th Earl of Northumberland and her mother was Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley.  Her paternal grandparents were Algernon 10th Earl of Northumberland and <Unknown>.  She was an only child.  She died at the age of 56 in 1722.

• General Notes

  At age 4 her father died, and so became Baroness Percy from 1670 - 1722.
  Married as a child to Lord Ogle who died soon after.
  Then married to Thomas Thynne of Longleat - Elizabeth left him soon after marriage due to his bad character, and she fled to Holland.  In 1681 Thomas was murdered by a Swdish adventurer Count Konigsmark.
  1682 Elizabeth married Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset - "the Proud Duke".
  She became Mistress of the Robes to Queen Anne.
  

Details of Elizabeth's family with Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset