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MARGARET RUSSELL

LADY MARGARET RUSSELL
MARGARET CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF CUMBERLAND

BIRTH: 07 Jul 1560, Exeter, Devon
MARRIAGE: 24 Jun 1577, Southwark, London
DEATH: 24 May 1616, Brougham Castle, Penrith, Cumberland
BURIAL: St Lawrence's Church, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumberland

LINEAGE

PARENTS:

FRANCIS RUSSELL

2nd Earl of Bedford

c.1527-1585

MARGARET ST. JOHN

daughter of Sir John St John
widow of Wlliam Gostwick

c.1525-1562

SIBLINGS:

ANNE RUSSELL

Countess of Warwick
[Dudley]

1548-1604

FRANCIS RUSSELL

Baron Russell

c.1554-1585

EDWARD RUSSELL

Baron Russell

1551-1572

WILLIAM RUSSELL

1st Baron Russell
of Thornhaugh

c.1557-1613

JOHN RUSSELL

Baron Russell

c.1553-1584

ELIZABETH RUSSELL

Countess of Bath
[Bourchier]

c.1558-1605

SPOUSE:

GEORGE CLIFFORD

3rd Earl of Cumberland

1558-1605

CHILDREN:

GEORGE CLIFFORD

.

1584-1589

ROBERT CLIFFORD

.

1585-1591

LADY ANNE CLIFFORD

Countess of Dorset, Montgomery and Pembroke

Baroness de Clifford

1590-1676

'George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland'. After Nicholas Hilliard, early 19th century, based on a work of 1590 ©National Portrait Gallery

The Death of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland - 30 October 1605

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, courtier, naval commander and expeditioner, died in October 1605 in Westminster, following a month of ill-health.

Oct 308 min read

Detail from: 'A surgeon letting blood from a man's arm'. French School, late 17thc. © wellcome collection

The Death and Funeral of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, 1585

Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, had been a popular and active courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I, following in the footsteps of his father, John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, a high-ranking councillor during the reigns of the three previous monarchs: Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.

Sep 147 min read