Alethea (Talbot) Howard (1590 - 1654)

Born 1590 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Howard — married 1606 in Whitehall, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1654 at about age 64 in Netherlands

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Biography

Alethea Talbot was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Lady Alethea Talbot, Baroness Talbot was born in 1590.^[1] She was the daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish. She married Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, son of Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel and Anne Dacre, in September 1606. She died on 3 June 1654 [24 May 1654 Old Style] at Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She was buried at Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. She died intestate and her estate was administered to William Howard, Viscount Stafford, younger son of deceased in 1659. She died intestate and her estate was administered to Henry Stafford-Howard, Earl of Stafford, grandson of deceaasd on 8 January 1714/15.

As a result of her marriage, Lady Alethea Talbot, Baroness Talbot was styled as Countess of Arundel in September 1606. From September 1606, her married name became Howard. She succeeded to the title of Baroness Strange de Blackmere on 7 December 1651. She succeeded to the title of Baroness of Furnivall on 7 December 1651. She succeeded to the title of Baroness Talbot on 7 December 1651.^[2]

She had four children with Thomas Howard; their first son died as a teenager:

James Howard, Baron Maltravers (1607–1624)

Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel (1608–1652)

Anne Howard (1612–1658)

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (c. 1614-1680)^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Maubois, Caroline, in France. "Re: Penancoet Family." E-mail message to Lundy, Darryl Roger. 2 December 2008.
2. ↑ Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000.
3. ↑ Lady Alethea's Wikipedia Page

• Lady Alethea's peerage record can be found on thepeerage.com
• Michelle DiMeo, ‘Howard, Aletheia , countess of Arundel, of Surrey, and of Norfolk, and suo jure Baroness Furnivall, Baroness Talbot, and Baroness Strange of Blackmere (d. 1654)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2006; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 25 Sept 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Talbot-382 created through the import of Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Tom Rhodes.

• This person was created through the import of breesefam.ged on 09 May 2011.

• WikiTree profile Talbot-430 created through the import of Gedcom ONE for WikiTree.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Dolores M. Pringle Pringle.

• Thank you to Lucy Barnard for creating WikiTree profile Talbot-887 through the import of Telfar family tree.ged on Aug 9, 2013.

• Thank you to Susan Potts for creating WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-216049 through the import of 15 generations.ged on Oct 30, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Susan and others.