06/24/1577 AD married
The marriage had been arranged in their infancy by their respective fathers, which later did not prove to be a happy one.
Her sister, Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick, was married to Ambrose Dudley, brother of Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, and Anne too was a great literary patron and a close friend to Queen Elizabeth I, attending her on her death bed.
They had the following children:
- Sir Robert Clifford (21 September 1585 – 24 May 1591), died young before the age of 5.
- Francis Clifford (1584 – 8 December 1589), died young before the age of 5.
- Lady Anne Clifford, suo jure 14th Baroness de Clifford (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676), his daughter and sole heiress, and wife of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset.
Unknown - Britain
Lattitude: 55.3781° N
Longitude: 3.436° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
Lattitude: 55.3781° N
Longitude: 3.436° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
Subjects Who or What married?
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George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland English peer, naval comm...
Objects To Whom or What was married?
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Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (née Russell) English noblewoman and m...
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