Elisabeth Pepys | |
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Born | Elisabeth de St Michel 23 October 1640 Bideford, Devon, England |
Died | 10 November 1669 City of London, England | (aged 29)
Resting place | St Olave's, London, England |
Known for | Husband's diary |
Spouse |
Elisabeth Pepys (née de St Michel; 23 October 1640 – 10 November 1669) was the wife of Samuel Pepys, whom she married in 1655, shortly before her fifteenth birthday.
Her father, Alexandre Marchant de St Michel, was born a French Roman Catholic but later converted to the Church of England. He married Dorothea, a daughter of Sir Francis Kingsmill, in Ireland. Elizabeth was born near Bideford in Devon on 23 October 1640. She died of typhoid on 10 November 1669.
Elisabeth was a second cousin once removed of the writer Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea.