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LINEAGE
PARENTS:
FRANCIS RUSSELL
2nd Earl of Bedford
c.1527-1585
MARGARET ST. JOHN
daughter of Sir John St John
widow of William Gostwick
c.1525-1562
SIBLINGS:
HENRY RUSSELL
Baron Russell
1551-1572
WILLIAM RUSSELL
1st Baron Russell
of Thornhaugh
c.1557-1613
JOHN RUSSELL
Baron Russell
Brother-in-law to William Cecil Lord Burghley
c.1553-1584
ELIZABETH RUSSELL
Countess of Bath
[Bourchier]
c.1558-1605
FRANCIS RUSSELL
Baron Russell
Father of Edward Russell,
3rd Earl of Bedford
c.1554-1585
MARGARET RUSSELL
Countess of Cumberland
[Clifford]
1560-1616
SPOUSE:
AMBROSE DUDLEY
3rd Earl of Warwick
c.1530-1590
KEY EVENTS
Late Dec 1548 - Birth of ANNE RUSSELL at Chenies, Buckinghamshire.
28 Aug 1562 - Death of mother MARGARET ST JOHN at Woburn Abbey from smallpox.
11 Nov 1565 - Marriage of ANNE RUSSELL and AMBROSE DUDLEY at the Queen's Chapel at Whitehall Palace. 3 days of celebrations are held following the ceremony.
Aug 1572 - Was visited by ELIZABETH I during her Summer Progress to Warwick; arrived with the Queen at Warwick Castle on 11 Aug, whilst queen called on her at Warwick Priory on 16 Aug.
28 Feb-02 Mar 1573 - Hosted ELIZABETH I at home in Northaw, Hertfordshire.
09-27 Jul 1575 - Present for Kenilworth Festivities, hosted by brother-in-law ROBERT DUDLEY at Kenilworth Castle. Some guests continued to be hosted at nearby Warwick Castle.
30 Aug 1576 - Hosted ELIZABETH I at home in Northaw, Hertfordshire.
18 May 1577 - Hosted ELIZABETH I at home in Northaw, Hertfordshire.
20 Jul 1577 - Sailor Martin Frobisher lands at and names discovered island in now-Canadian Arctic after ANNE RUSSELL - 'Countess of Warwick Island' - now known as Kodlunarn Island.
28 Jul 1585 - Death of father FRANCIS RUSSELL at Russell House/'Old Bedford' House, The Strand, hours after the death of his son and heir Francis.
1586 - ANNE RUSSELL and AMBROSE DUDLEY granted wardship of 13yo nephew Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford. Work. begins on the new building of 'Bedford House' on the northern side of The Strand.
20-21 Jul 1587 - Hosted ELIZABETH I overnight at Northaw; ROBERT DEVEREUX is also present, and has a dispute with the queen.
27 Jan 1590 - One of ELIZABETH I's known visits to AMBROSE DUDLEY and ANNE RUSSELL at Bedford House, in Ambrose's final days.
21 Feb 1590 - Death of AMBROSE DUDLEY at Bedford House, The Strand.
09 Apr 1590 - Funeral of AMBROSE DUDLEY at St Mary's Church, Warwick.
24 May 1591 - Death of 5 year old nephew Robert Clifford (son of sister MARGARET RUSSELL) at her home in Northaw, Hertfordshire.
26 Mar 1597 - ANNE RUSSELL hosts ELIZABETH I at her home in Northaw, Hertfordshire.
24 Mar 1603 - Death of ELIZABETH I at Richmond Palace; ANNE RUSSELL known to be one of the ladies in attendance at her death bed and known to have attended to the queen after her death.
28 Apr 1603 - Funeral of ELIZABETH I at Westminster Abbey.
09 Feb 1604 - Death of ANNE RUSSELL at Northaw. She is later interred with her family members in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
![Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick
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![Tomb of Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick in background, Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies
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