Biography of Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 1614-1671

On 21st September 1585 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 22] and Elizabeth Jeffrey [aged 17] were married at Weekley, Northamptonshire.

On 24th February 1612 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 49] and [her mother] Frances Cotton [aged 34] were married at Weekley, Northamptonshire.

Around 1614 Frances Montagu Countess Rutland was born to [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 51] and [her mother] Frances Cotton [aged 36] at Boughton House.

In May 1620 [her mother] Frances Cotton [aged 42] died.

On 16th February 1625 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 62] and [her step-mother] Anne Crouch Baroness Montagu [aged 52] were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.

On 22nd November 1626 [her brother-in-law] Robert Bertie 1st Earl Lindsey [aged 43] was created 1st Earl Lindsey. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey by marriage Countess Lindsey.

Before 2nd June 1629 John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 24] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 15] were married.

On 2nd December 1630 [her daughter] Frances Manners Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 26] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 16]. She married before 1648 her half sixth cousin John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter, son of David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter, and had issue.

Around 1632 [her daughter] Grace Manners was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 27] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 18].

After 1633 and before 24th December 1638 [her brother] Edward Montagu 2nd Baron Montagu [aged 16] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Winwood [aged 18] were married.

On 29th May 1638 [her son] John Manners 1st Duke Rutland was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 33] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 24] at Boughton, Northamptonshire. He married (1) 15th July 1658 his second cousin Anne Pierrepont, daughter of Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester and Cecilia Bayning (2) 10th November 1671 his third cousin once removed Diana Bruce, daughter of Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury and Diana Grey Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (3) 8th January 1673 his half first cousin twice removed Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland, daughter of Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden and Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden, and had issue.

On 29th March 1641 George Manners 7th Earl of Rutland [aged 61] died. His second cousin [her husband] John [aged 36] succeeded 8th Earl of Rutland. Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 27] by marriage Countess of Rutland. Monument sculpted by Grinling Gibbons at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].

On 15th June 1644 [her father] Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 81] died at the Savoy Hospital. His son [her brother] Edward [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.

Before 1648 [her son-in-law] John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter [aged 19] and Frances Manners Countess Exeter [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 43] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 33]. He the son of David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter. They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1654 [her daughter] Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 49] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 40]. She married 17th September 1669 James Annesley 2nd Earl Anglesey, son of Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley and Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey, and had issue.

On 30th November 1654 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Montagu Countess Lindsey died.

In or before 1655 [her son-in-law] Patrick Chaworth 3rd Viscount Chaworth [aged 19] and Grace Manners Viscountess Chaworth were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 50] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 40]. They were third cousins.

In 1655 [her daughter] Anne Manners was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 50] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 41]. She married 1674 Scrope Howe 1st Viscount Howe and had issue.

Around 1656 [her daughter] Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury was born to [her husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 51] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 42]. She married Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury, son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury and Frances Cecil, and had issue.

In 1660 [her daughter] Frances Manners Countess Exeter [aged 29] died.

In 1661 [her son-in-law] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury [aged 13] and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury were married. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 56] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 47]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 17th September 1669 [her son-in-law] James Annesley 2nd Earl Anglesey [aged 24] and Elizabeth Manners Countess Anglesey [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 65] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 55]. He the son of Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley [aged 55] and Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey [aged 49].

On 19th May 1671 Frances Montagu Countess Rutland [aged 57] died at Bottesford, Leicestershire.

On 29th September 1679 [her former husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [aged 75] died at Nether Haddon, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son John [aged 41] succeeded 9th Earl of Rutland. Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland [aged 22] by marriage Countess of Rutland.

After 29th September 1679. St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. Monument to [her former husband] John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland [deceased] and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. Monument sculpted by Grinling Gibbons [aged 31].

[her daughter] Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury was born to John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. She married 1661 her fifth cousin once removed James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and had issue.

[her daughter] Grace Manners Viscountess Chaworth was born to John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland. She married in or before 1655 her third cousin Patrick Chaworth 3rd Viscount Chaworth, son of John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth and Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth, and had issue.