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Lady Catherine Brydges Countess of Bedford (Russell)

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names Name
Name at Birth Catherine Brydges
Married Name Catherine Russell
Name at Birth Catherine Brydges
Stage/Pen Name Lady Catherine Brydges Countess of Bedford

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Lord Gilbert "Giles" Bridges, 2nd Baron Chandos Sudeley 25 Dec 1543 Frances Fiennes Clinton (Brydges) 1549

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 12 May 1580 Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, England
Christening 22 May 1580 Sudeley Manor, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage 26 Feb 1609 St Mary le Strand, Middlesex, England
Marriage 02 Jul 1612 St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, London, England, United Kingdom
Nobility Title 03 May 1627 After her marriage, Catharine Brydges was styled as Countess of Bedford.
Marriage 26 Feb 1809 St Mary le Strand, Middlesex, England
Death 29 Jan 1657 Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Burial 16 Feb 1657 Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes

Daughter of Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley and Lady Frances Clinton, she was born about 1583 at Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe.

She married Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, on 26 February 1608/9 at St. Mary le Strand, London, England. As a result of her marriage, she became Baroness Russell of Thornhaugh on 9 August 1613 and Countess of Bedford on 3 May 1627.

She and her husband had the following children:
Hon. Edward Russell d. 21 Sep 1665
Lady Margaret Russell d. Nov 1676
Francis Russell
Col. Hon. John Russell
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, Aug 1616-7 Sep 1700
Lady Catherine Russell 1618-1 Dec 1676
Lady Anne Russell abt 1620-26 Jan 1696/97
Lady Diana Russell abt 1624-30 Jan 1694/95

She died on 29 January 1656/57 at Chiswick and was buried on 16 February at St. Michael's parish church next to her husband.Fa

Sources

Description Page Quality Information Evidence
Ancestry Family Trees Don't know Don't know Don't know
Catharine Brydges Russell, "Find A Grave Index" Don't know Don't know Don't know
Catherine Cox in entry for Timothie Gate, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 " Don't know Don't know Don't know
Find A Grave Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78077347/catharine-russell : accessed 01 May 2022), memorial page for Catharine Brydges Russell (1580–29 Jan 1657), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78077347, citing St. Michael's Churchyard, Chenies, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England ; Maintained by Barbara Haines (contributor 47313090) . Don't know Don't know Don't know
Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Volumes I-IV Don't know Don't know Don't know
UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Don't know Don't know Don't know
Yorkshire, England, Extracted Parish Records Don't know Don't know Don't know

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