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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu

(1646-1690), Former wife of 11th Earl of Northumberland, and later wife of 1st Duke of Montagu; daughter of 4th Earl of Southampton

Sitter in 13 portraits
Daughter and co-heir of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, she married Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland in 1662. Her husband died in Italy in 1670. She secondly married Ralph Montagu, the English ambassador in Paris, who became Earl then Duke of Montagu. She died at Boughton, the Montagu family seat in Northamptonshire, in 1690.

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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu, published by Alexander Browne, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D30519

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu

published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D30519

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland, by Isaac Beckett, published by  Alexander Browne, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D38881

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland

by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D38881

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland, by Isaac Beckett, published by  Alexander Browne, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D38882

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland

by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D38882

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland, by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D5279

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland

by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D5279

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland, by Isaac Beckett, published by  Alexander Browne, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D11420

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland

by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D11420

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland, by Isaac Beckett, published by  Alexander Browne, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D11626

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland

by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
NPG D11626

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu, by and published by Thomas Watson, published by  Walter Shropshire, after  Sir Peter Lely - NPG D30515

Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu

by and published by Thomas Watson, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1 January 1779
NPG D30515

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