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.
Henrietta d'Auverquerque | |
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Countess of Grantham | |
Born | Henrietta Butler |
Died | 11 October 1724 |
Noble family | Butler |
Spouse(s) | Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham |
Issue | Henry, 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 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]
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ossory, Thomas Butler, Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 354.
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