Anne Clifford, Countess of Cumberland

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Anne Clifford (Dacre), Countess of Cumberland

Also Known As: "Anne D'acre"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Gilsland, Northumberland, England
Death: July 31, 1581 (55-64)
Castle Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre of Gillesland and Elizabeth Dacre
Wife of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
Mother of Frances Clifford; Mary Clifford; Eleanor Clifford; George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland and Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland
Sister of Frances Dacre; Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland; Magdalene Browne, Viscountess Montague; Dorothy Windsor; Francis Dacre, MP and 4 others
Half sister of Thomas Dacre, "The Bastard"

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About Anne Clifford, Countess of Cumberland

Anne Dacre was the daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Lord Dacre (of Gilsland) and Lady Elizabeth Talbot.1

She married Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, son of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland and Lady Margaret Percy, in 1552/53.1

She died circa July 1581.1 She was buried on 31 July 1581.1

Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clifford,_2nd_Earl_of_Cumberland

Henry Clifford married twice.

Firstly, before June 1537,[3] Henry married Lady Eleanor Brandon. By his wife Eleanor Brandon, Henry had three children: Lady Margaret Clifford (1540 – 29 September 1596), wife of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby; Henry Clifford, died an infant; Charles Clifford, died an infant.

Secondly, Henry married Anne Dacre (c. 1521 – July 1581), the daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Baron Dacre, and Lady Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, and Anne Hastings. Anne Hastings was a daughter of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, and Lady Katherine Neville. Lady Katherine Neville was a daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Lady Alice Montacute.

By Anne Dacre, Henry had at least three children:

  1. George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (8 August 1558 – 30 October 1605)
  2. Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland (1559–1641)
  3. Lady Frances Clifford (d. 1592), wife of Philip Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton.

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Anne Clifford, Countess of Cumberland's Timeline

1521
1521
Probably Gilsland, Northumberland, England
1556
1556
Skipton Castle, England (United Kingdom)
1556
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
1557
1557
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
1558
August 8, 1558
Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmorland, England
1559
1559
Skipton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
1581
July 31, 1581
Age 60
Castle Skipton, Yorkshire, England
1992
March 24, 1992
Age 60