The Dowager Marchioness of Powis | |
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| Born | Lady Elizabeth Somerset c.1634 London |
| Died | 16 March 1691 Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Noble family | Somerset |
| Spouse(s) | Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis |
| Issue | Lady Anne Herbert Frances Mackenzie, Countess of Seaforth Lady Mary Herbert William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis Lady Lucy Herbert Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale |
| Father | Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester |
| Mother | Elizabeth Dormer |
| Occupation | First Lady of the Bedchamber to Mary of Modena |
Elizabeth Herbert, Dowager Marchioness of Powis (c.1634 – 16 March 1691), formerly Lady Elizabeth Somerset, was an English court official and noblewoman, the wife of William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis.[1] She was the daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Dormer.
- ^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrant 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), volume X, page 647.