Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham

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Henrietta d'Auverquerque
Countess of Grantham
Henrietta Dauverquerque Murray.jpg
BornHenrietta Butler
Died11 October 1724
Noble family Butler
Spouse(s) Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham
IssueHenry, Viscount Boston
Thomas, Viscount Boston
Lady Frances de Nassau d'Auverquerque
Emilia Mary
Lady Henrietta de Nassau d'Auverquerque
Father Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
Mother Emilia van Nassau-Beverweerd

Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham (died 11 October 1724), [1] formerly Lady Henrietta Butler, was an English noblewoman and the wife of Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham.

History

Henrietta was the youngest daughter of Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, and a sister of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, a well-known Jacobite nobleman. Her mother, Emilia, was a Dutch noblewoman; Henrietta was thus a first cousin of her husband, whose father was Emilia's brother. They were married on 12 January 1697 and had the following issue: [2]

From 1718 until her death in 1724, the countess was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, then Princess of Wales. [4]

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References

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  2. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords (1869). Journals of the House of Lords. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 16–.
  3. Hugh Belsey, ‘Cowper, George Nassau Clavering, third Earl Cowper (1738–1789)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 26 April 2010
  4. "Household of Queen Caroline 1727-37". Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 15 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ossory, Thomas Butler, Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 354.