Biography of Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 1614-1671

On 21 Sep 1585 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 22) and Elizabeth Jeffrey (age 17) were married at Weekley, Northamptonshire.

On 24 Feb 1612 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 49) and [her mother] Frances Cotton (age 34) were married at Weekley, Northamptonshire.

Around 1614 Frances Montagu Countess Rutland was born to Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51) and Frances Cotton (age 36) at Boughton House.

In May 1620 [her mother] Frances Cotton (age 42) died.

After 23 Apr 1623. Monument to George Manners (deceased) and [her future mother-in-law] Grace Pierrepont (age 48) at All Saint's Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire [Map]. Stuart Kneeling monument representing them and their nine children, four boys (one died an infant) on the left, five girls on the right.

The armorials include: Manners Augmented Arms Manners Augmented with a Crescent difference.

On 16 Feb 1625 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 62) and [her step-mother] Anne Crouch Baroness Montagu (age 52) were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.

Before 02 Jun 1629 John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 24) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 15) were married.

On 02 Dec 1630 [her daughter] Frances Manners Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 26) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 16).

Around 1632 [her daughter] Grace Manners was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 27) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 18).

On 29 May 1638 [her son] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 33) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 24) at Boughton, Northamptonshire.

On 29 Mar 1641 George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland (age 61) died. His second cousin [her husband] John (age 36) succeeded 8th Earl of Rutland. Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 27) by marriage Countess of Rutland. Monument sculpted by Grinling Gibbons at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].

On 15 Jun 1644 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 81) died at the Savoy Hospital. His son [her brother] Edward (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.

Before 1648 [her son-in-law] John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter (age 19) and [her daughter] Frances Manners Countess Exeter (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. She the daughter of [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 43) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 33). He the son of David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1654 [her daughter] Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 49) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 40).

In or before 1655 [her son-in-law] Patrick Chaworth 3rd Viscount Chaworth (age 19) and [her daughter] Grace Manners Viscountess Chaworth were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh. She the daughter of [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 50) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 40). They were third cousins.

In 1655 [her daughter] Anne Manners was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 50) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 41).

Around 1656 [her daughter] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 51) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 42).

In 1660 [her daughter] Frances Manners Countess Exeter (age 29) died.

In 1661 [her son-in-law] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 13) and [her daughter] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 56) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 47).

On 17 Sep 1669 [her son-in-law] James Annesley 2nd Earl Anglesey (age 24) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 65) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 55). He the son of Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley (age 55) and Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey (age 49).

On 19 May 1671 Frances Montagu Countess Rutland (age 57) died at Bottesford, Leicestershire.

On 29 Sep 1679 [her former husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (age 75) died at Nether Haddon [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son [her son] John (age 41) succeeded 9th Earl of Rutland. [her daughter-in-law] Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland (age 22) by marriage Countess of Rutland.

After 29 Sep 1679. St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland (deceased) and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. Monument sculpted by Grinling Gibbons (age 31).

[her daughter] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury was born to John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland.

[her daughter] Grace Manners Viscountess Chaworth was born to John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland.