On This Day (03 June) in 1630, diarist and writer Lady Anne Clifford married for the second time: to Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke.

On This Day (11 Nov) in 1565, 16yo Anne Russell married 35yo twice-widowed Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.

On This Day 21 Sep 1578, Lettice Knollys, Dowager Countess of Essex married Elizabeth I's 'favourite' Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.

Elizabeth Hardwick (better known by history as 'Bess of Hardwick') was born in the 1520s (estimated dates range from 1520-21 to 1527).

On This Day (03 Jun) in 1550, John Dudley, son and heir of his father and namesake, the then Earl of Warwick, married Anne Seymour...