Blanche Arundell, Baroness Arundell of Wardour


The Dowager Lady Arundell of Wardour
Engraving of Lady Arundell of Wardour by Edward Scriven after an unknown artist
Known forDefender of Wardour Castle
BornBlanche Somerset
1583
Died28 October 1649(1649-10-28) (aged 65–66)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
BuriedTisbury, Wiltshire, England
Noble familySomerset (by birth)
Arundell (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour
Issue
Parents

Blanche Arundell, Dowager Baroness Arundell of Wardour (née Lady Blanche Somerset; 1583 or c. 1584 – 28 October 1649) was an English noblewoman, known as the defender of Wardour Castle, that she defended for nearly a week with just 25 men and her maidservants against a force of 1,300.


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