Eleanor Brandon, Countess of Cumberland
| Lady Eleanor Brandon | |
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| Countess of Cumberland | |
Portrait by Hans Eworth of either Lady Eleanor or her daughter, Lady Margaret.
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| Spouse(s) | Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland |
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| Noble family | Brandon |
| Father | Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk |
| Mother | Mary Tudor, Queen of France |
| Born | 1519 Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe, Suffolk, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 27 September 1547 (aged 27–28) Brougham Castle, Westmorland, Kingdom of England |
| Buried | Skipton, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England |
Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 – 27 September 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Princess Mary Tudor, the Dowager Queen consort of France. She was a younger sister of Lady Frances Brandon and an elder sister of Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln. She was also a younger paternal half-sister of Lady Anne Brandon and Lady Mary Brandon from her father's second marriage. After her mother's death in 1533, her father remarried to Catherine Willoughby and Eleanor became an elder half-sister of Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk.
Her paternal grandparents were Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Her maternal grandparents were Henry VII of England and his queen consort Elizabeth of York. She was thus a niece of Henry VIII.
Lady Eleanor was a descendant of a member of the Tudor dynasty and therefore her marriage would advance the political ambitions of any given husband. In March 1533, a marriage contract was written up for Lady Eleanor and Henry Clifford, the eldest son and heir of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland by Lady Margaret Percy. However, since her mother died nine months later, she waited to go and live with her young husband and in-laws. In anticipation of Eleanor's arrival, the Earl of Cumberland built two towers and the great gallery within Skipton Castle. Eleanor married Clifford at Brandon house, Bridewell, in 1537; her uncle King Henry VIII was present.
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