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Elizabeth Wriothesley (née Vernon), Countess of Southampton

(1573-circa 1655), Wife of 3rd Earl of Southampton

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The daughter of John Vernon of Hodnet in Shropshire, Elizabeth was a maid of honour to Elizabeth I. She married Shakespeare's patron Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton in 1598.

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