Elizabeth FitzHugh | |
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Lady Parr of Kendal | |
Born | 1455/65 |
Died | before 10 July 1507 |
Noble family | FitzHugh (by birth) Parr (by marriage) Vaux (by marriage) |
Spouse(s) |
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden |
Issue
Anne Parr
Sir Thomas Parr William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton John Parr Catherine Vaux Alice Vaux Anne Vaux |
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Father | Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron Fitzhugh of Ravensworth |
Mother | Lady Alice Neville |
Elizabeth FitzHugh (1455/65 - before 10 July 1507) was an English noblewoman. She is best known for being the grandmother of Catherine Parr, sixth queen consort to Henry VIII, and her siblings Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, and William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton.
Elizabeth was possibly born at the family's ancestral home, Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth. and his wife Lady Alice Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montagu, 5th Countess of Salisbury suo jure, only daughter and heiress of Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Eleanor Holland. Her paternal grandparents were William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh and Margery Willoughby.
Through her grandfather, the Earl of Salisbury, she was a niece of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (known in history as "Warwick, the Kingmaker"), and grandniece of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (the mother of King Edward IV and King Richard III).
Elizabeth had nine siblings, including Lady Alice FitzHugh and Richard, 6th Baron FitzHugh (c.1456 - 20 Nov 1487) who married Elizabeth Burgh, daughter of Sir Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough and his wife Margaret de Ros. Their son, George FitzHugh, inherited the barony but after his death in 1513, the barony fell in abeyance between Elizabeth and her older sister Alice. This abeyance continues today between the two families.
The current co-heirs to the barony are: