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Lady Alethea Talbot |
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Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel (pronounced /ə'liθiə 'haʊərd/1; Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1585 – Alkmaar, 24 May 1654), née Lady Alethea Talbot, was the wife of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. She was the youngest daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Mary Cavendish; and the sister of two other countesses: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent.
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In September, 1606, she married to Thomas Howard, and they had four children:
Along with her sister Elizabeth, and their cousin Arbella Stuart, she performed in a masque celebrating the investiture of Henry Stuart as Prince of Wales in 1610.
In 1614 they were living in Rome. The Earl of Arundel was one of the first Englishmen to buy antique statues. In 1622 the couple lived in Venice in the Palazzo Mocenigo facing the Canal Grande.
Alethea and her husband accompanied the Elector Palatine and his bride as far as Heidelberg on their marriage in 1613.
1620, aged 34, Rubens painted Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel, and her retinue in Antwerp when she was on her way to Italy.
In 1642 she and her husband fled to the Netherlands and lived there in exile. When the Earl of Arundel died in Padua, Alethea inherited the collection of 600 paintings and drawings and 200 statues from her husband, which he had bought with her money. The collection was worth £100.000. Her eldest son and youngest argued in court.
Alethea lived in Amersfoort, Alkmaar and in Amsterdam at Singel 292, an elegant house, with a court yard facing Herengracht.2
In 1651, she succeeded to the title of Baroness Furnivall, a title of her father's that had been in abeyance since his death in 1616. Like her sister, Elizabeth, Alethea was interested in the use of herbs and other foodstuffs for medical purposes. Her recipes were published under the title Natura Exenteratacitation needed
| Alethea Talbot, Countess of Arundel | Father: Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury |
Paternal Grandfather: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Mary Dacre, Countess of Shrewsbury |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Gertrude Manners, Countess of Shrewsbury |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor Paston, Countess of Rutland |
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| Mother: Mary Cavendish, Countess of Shrewsbury |
Maternal Grandfather: Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Thomas Cavendish of Cavendish Overhall |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Alice Smith of Padbrook Hall |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick |
Maternal Great-grandfather: John Hardwick of Hardwick Hall |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Elizabeth Leake |
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