Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland (née Wriothesley; 1646 – 19 September 1690), was a British courtier. She was one of the Windsor Beauties, painted by Sir Peter Lely.
Firstly on 23 December 1662 she married Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644-1670),[1] of Petworth House in Sussex, and owner of vast estates elsewhere in England. She traveled with her husband to Italy, where he was taken ill and died in Turin in 1670. By Northumberland she had two children:
Henry Percy, Lord Percy (1668–1669), who predeceased his father and died an infant.
In the course of her marriage to Montagu, he inherited his father's barony and later acquired the title "Earl Montagu", making Elizabeth once more a countess. However, it was only after her death that he was created 1st Duke of Montagu.[3]
^"Catalogue note for Portrait of Lady Wriothesley by Peter Lely". Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
External links
Media related to Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Northumberland at Wikimedia Commons
"Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Northumberland" Archived 1 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine (1646–90), mother of Lady Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Ogle c 1665