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Bess of Hardwick Hall

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Clips on Elizabeth Cavendish, most commonly known as 'Bess of Hardwick'. She was one of the most remarkable Elizabethans and through her intelligence and ambition she amassed great wealth and helped her family rise to positions of prestige.
About her granddaughter Arbella -- Bess married her daughter also called Elizabeth to Charles Stuart, Earl of Lennox who was the youngest son of Margaret Douglas. Margaret's mother was Henry VIII's elder sister and so she was a cousin to Elizabeth I. Margaret's eldest son, Henry Staurt, married Mary Queen of Scots and was the father of Mary's only surviving child, James (who would in 1603 become James I of England). Margaret and Bess arranged the marriage between their children but without Elizabeth I's consent and subsequently both had to answer to the queen when the marriage was discovered. Elizabeth Cavendish and Charles's marriage was short and they both died leaving an infant daughter, Arbella. Arbella had a claim to the throne but it was not as impressive as her cousin James's claim and it is debatable whether Elizabeth I actually considered Arbella at all for the throne. Arbella's own life was quite tragic; she eventually entered a secret marriage during the reign of James I and was subsequently impris
oned in the Tower of London, where she died in 1615. She died without children.
There are several noble families today in England that can link their ancestry back to Bess. The Dukedom of Devonshire is still held by the Cavendishs.

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