Elizabeth Blount

Elizabeth Blount
Baroness Tailboys of Kyme
Baroness Clinton
Stylized brass with the likeness of Blount[1]
Bornc. 1498–1502
Kinlet, Shropshire
Diedc. 1540 (aged between 37 and 42)
Probably England
Spouse(s)Gilbert Tailboys, 1st Baron Tailboys of Kyme
Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln
IssueHenry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (ill.)
Elizabeth Tailboys, 4th Baroness Tailboys of Kyme
George Tailboys, 2nd Baron Tailboys of Kyme
Robert Tailboys, 3rd Baron Tailboys of Kyme
Lady Bridget Dymoke
Catherine Clinton, Baroness Burgh
Margaret Clinton, Baroness Willoughby of Parham
FatherSir John Blount of Kinlet
MotherCatherine Peshall

Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498[2]/c. 1500[3]/c. 1502[4] – 1540),[4] commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England.

  1. ^ "Palimpsest; Monumental Brass." The British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1990-0105-1.
  2. ^ Norton, Elizabeth., Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII (Stroud, 2011) p. 47
  3. ^ Karen Lindsey, xv, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived, Perseus Books, 1995
  4. ^ a b Weir, Alison (1 June 2001). Henry VIII: King and Court. Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0-224-06022-6.

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