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Paternal Family Tree: Spencer
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Before October 1545 [her father] John Spencer (age 21) and [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson and [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 36).
On 29th June 1552 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure was born to [her father] John Spencer (age 28) and [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 28) at Althorp House, Northamptonshire [Map].
On 15th August 1560 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died at Hornby. His son [her future brother-in-law] William (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Monteagle. [her sister] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Baroness Monteagle.
On 29th December 1574 George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 27) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 22) were married.
On 24th April 1576 [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey was born to [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 29) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 23). She was baptised on the 7th June 1576 at St Dunstan's Church, Hunsdon; her godmothers were Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 42) and Elizabeth Tailboys Countess Warwick. She married before 1601 her third cousin once removed Thomas Berkeley, son of Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley and Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley, and had issue.
In or before 1578 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 19) and Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 20) were married. They were half fourth cousins.
Around 1579 [her brother-in-law] Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 20) and [her sister] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 29) were married. He the son of Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 47) and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby (age 39).
After 10th November 1581 [her brother-in-law] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 37) and [her sister] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He the son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 58).
In 1586 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 27) was appointed Warden of the Middle March.
On 8th November 1586 [her father] John Spencer (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay [Map].
On 8th November 1586 [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 62) died.
After 1591 [her former brother-in-law] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and [her sister] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married.
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On 4th December 1592 [her brother-in-law] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 31) and [her sister] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. He the son of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 56) and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 57).
On 20th August 1593 [her brother-in-law] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth (age 33) and Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth (age 30) were married.
On 25th September 1593 Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby (age 62) died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son [her brother-in-law] Ferdinando (age 34) succeeded 5th Earl Derby, 13th Baron Strange Knockin, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 6th Baron Stanley. [her sister] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 44) by marriage Countess Derby.
In 1594 William Eure 2nd Baron Eure (age 64) died. In 1594 His son [her future husband] Ralph (age 35) succeeded 3rd Baron Eure. Mary Dawnay Baroness Eure (age 37) by marriage Baroness Eure.
In 1595 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 36) was appointed Warden of the Middle March.
On 23rd July 1596 [her father-in-law] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 70) died at Somerset House [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 62) was present. She, apparently, proposed he be made Earl of Wiltshire. He refused saying... "Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death". His son [her husband] George (age 49) succeeded 2nd Baron Hunsdon. Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 44) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
In 1597 [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 50) was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household Elizabeth I to Elizabeth I.
On 23rd April 1597 [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 50) was appointed 385th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 63).
On 22nd October 1597 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.
On 20th October 1600 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 60) and [her sister] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 51) were married.
Before 1601 [her son-in-law] Thomas Berkeley (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Carey (age 24) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
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On 25th February 1603 [her sister-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25th April 1603.
On 8th September 1603 [her husband] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon (age 56) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] John (age 53) succeeded 3rd Baron Hunsdon. Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon (age 49) by marriage Baroness Hunsdon.
In 1607 [her future husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 48) was appointed President of the Council of the Marches in Wales.
On 19th April 1608 Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 72) died suddenly at the council table, having apparently suffered a stroke. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son [her brother-in-law] Robert (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. [her sister] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.
After 1612 Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 53) and Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 59) were married. She by marriage Baroness Eure.
On 7th November 1616 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley (age 76) was created 1st Viscount Brackley. [her sister] Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 67) by marriage Viscountess Brackley.
On 1st April 1617 [her husband] Ralph Eure 3rd Baron Eure (age 58) died. He was buried at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. His son [her step-son] William (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron Eure.
On 25th February 1618 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (age 65) died.
On 2nd March 1618 Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure (deceased) was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Empson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
GrandFather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Father: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
GrandMother: Susan Knightley
Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure
GrandFather: Thomas Kitson
Mother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
GrandMother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath