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Elizabeth Cromwell (née Bourchier; 1598 –1665) was the wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the mother of Richard Cromwell, the second Lord Protector.
The plump and pretty Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, endured a great deal of mockery from the scandalmongers and satirists. They called her Protectress Joan—Joan then being a generic term for a rustic.
The Cromwell family is an English aristocratic family descended from Hugh de Cromwell who came to England with William the Conqueror. Its most famous members are: Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex; and, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector.
Dec 5, 2014 · There's a special mystery around the life of Elizabeth Cromwell. She was a genuine commoner and very few documents survive other than records of her marriage and death. Born in 1598 to an Essex...
Jan 10, 2001 · Whereas Elizabeth Cromwell’s role as republican wife was expected to nourish her husband’s ability to perform his public work, Trapnel sees this function as having run amok – Elizabeth is satiating her man with feasts fit for a king.
Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell - Wikipedia. Elizabeth Seymour ( c. 1518 [5] – 19 March 1568 [3]) was a younger daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. [6] . Elizabeth and her sister Jane served in the household of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII.
Mar 5, 2012 · Summary. T he wife of the remarkable man, who for some years swayed the sceptre of England, and dictated to Europe, is differently represented by various writers, according to the party they espoused. By some, his rise and perseverance is attributed to her influence; by others, she is represented as an ordinary person.
