Bess of Hardwick

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16th-century person English noblewoman builder courtier landowner

Bess of Hardwick was a powerful 16th-century English noblewoman and courtier who became one of the wealthiest women in England through strategic marriages and ambitious building projects.

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Label	Occurrences
Bess of Hardwick canonical	4
Bess of Hardwick Hall	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century person ⓘ English noblewoman ⓘ builder ⓘ courtier ⓘ landowner ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bess of Hardwick ⓘ surface form: Bess of Hardwick Hall Elizabeth Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ surface form: Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury
architecturalStylePromoted	Elizabethan prodigy house ⓘ
birthName	Elizabeth Hardwick ⓘ
burialPlace	Derby Cathedral ⓘ surface form: All Saints’ Cathedral, Derby (Derby Cathedral)
child	Charles Cavendish ⓘ Lady Elizabeth Cavendish ⓘ surface form: Elizabeth Cavendish Frances Cavendish ⓘ Henry Cavendish ⓘ William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire ⓘ
commissionedBuilding	Hardwick Hall ⓘ Hardwick Old Hall ⓘ surface form: Old Hardwick Hall early house at Chatsworth ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
courtRole	custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 1527 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	13 February 1608 ⓘ
era	Tudor England ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
fullName	Elizabeth Hardwick ⓘ
knownFor	amassing great wealth through marriage and estate management ⓘ ambitious building projects in Derbyshire ⓘ association with Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ co-founding the Cavendish dynasty ⓘ patronage of architecture and design ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOfFamily	Cavendish family ⓘ Talbot family ⓘ
monarchServed	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
nobleTitle	Countess of Shrewsbury ⓘ
numberOfMarriages	4 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hardwick, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hardwick Hall ⓘ surface form: Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England
regionOfActivity	Derbyshire ⓘ Nottinghamshire ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	Chatsworth House ⓘ Hardwick Hall ⓘ Hardwick Old Hall ⓘ surface form: Old Hardwick Hall
socialStatus	one of the wealthiest women in England of her time ⓘ
spouse	George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire ⓘ surface form: Sir William Cavendish Sir William St Loe ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chatsworth House → builtFor → Bess of Hardwick ⓘ

Hardwick Hall → associatedWith → Bess of Hardwick ⓘ

Hardwick Hall → builtFor → Bess of Hardwick ⓘ

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire → mother → Bess of Hardwick ⓘ

Bess of Hardwick → alsoKnownAs → Bess of Hardwick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bess of Hardwick Hall