Somerset, Elizabeth (fl. 1650)

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Somerset, Elizabeth (fl. 1650)

Baroness Powys. Name variations: Elizabeth Herbert; Lady Elizabeth Somerset. Flourished around 1650; daughter of Elizabeth Dormer (d. 1635) and Edward Somerset, 2nd marquess of Worcester; sister of Anne Somerset (1631–1662); married William Herbert (1617–1696), 1st marquis of Powis, 3rd baron Powis or Powys; children: Mary Herbert (who married Sir George Maxwell); Frances Herbert (who married Lord Seaforth); Anne Herbert (who married Viscount Carrington); William Herbert, 1st marquis of Powis or Powys; Lucy Herbert (1669–1744); Winifred Maxwell (1672–1749).

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