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Elizabeth Hardwick, o Hardwicke, contessa di Shrewsbury, conosciuta con il nome di Bess di Hardwick (1527 – 13 febbraio 1608), è stata una nobildonna britannica figlia di John Hardwick. Fu una figura importante della società elisabettiana inglese del XVI secolo: con una serie di matrimoni ben fatti, salì ai più alti livelli ...
Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (née Hardwick; c. 1521 – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society.
3 giorni fa · Bess of Hardwick. Rising from a modest background to become a friend of Elizabeth I and one of the richest women of her time, Bess was also a tireless and ambitious builder, whose houses symbolised her rise to wealth and power. Lived: 1527–1608. Field: Noblewoman and builder.
22 mar 2022 · Bess of Hardwick: a brief biography. Born: An unknown date in 1527, the same year that Henry VIII petitioned the Pope to have his marriage to Katherine of Aragon annulled. Death: 13 February 1608. Bess died at her beloved Hardwick Hall – she was around eighty-one years old, an astonishingly old age by the standards of the time.
13 lug 2016 · Portraits of Bess at Hardwick Hall are equally contrasting: On the one hand, there’s the pretty, almost demure 30-something redhead; on the other, a formidable old widow in her 70s, bedecked with pearls. The magnificent High Great Chamber with its effusive frieze and tapestries proclaims status and wealth.
19 nov 2020 · How Did Bess of Hardwick Build an Elizabethan Dynasty? Lily Johnson. 19 Nov 2020. Bess of Hardwick, by Rowland Lockey, 1592, National Portrait Gallery, London. Image Credit: Public domain. Today, Hardwick Hall cuts a proud shadow over the Derbyshire countryside.
21 dic 2012 · Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury (c1522-1608), known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’, is one of Elizabethan England’s most famous figures. She is renowned as a matriarch and dynast and perhaps best...
