duchess of somerset

As the only child of Sir Edward Stanhope and Elizabeth Bourchier, Anne Stanhope became the sole heiress of her father's estate at the age of one. Through her mother's side of the family Anne was descended from King Edward III of England through his son, Thomas of Woodstock. After the death of Edward Stanhope, Anne's mother eventually married again, her third marriage was to Sir Richard Paget, who was also well-connected to King Henry VIII. Paget�was a gentleman of th [More]