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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.
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...
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.
Learn about Elizabeth Bourchier, the wife of Oliver Cromwell, and their nine children. Find out how they lived, loved and survived the turbulent times of the English Civil War and the Protectorate.
Jul 21, 2022 · Elizabeth and Dorothy Cromwell occupied unprecedented—and unpreceded—positions in the Anglo-Scottish hierarchy: they were leading women in a state that had temporarily thrown off its monarchy.
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.
