Lady Elizabeth was one of older Queen Elizabeth's chief Ladies-in-waiting, but became pregnant out of wedlock, was discovered and married to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton in 1598, and was sent from court. Her Wikipedia article is here.
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1556 Catherine de Medici possibly by Agnolo Bronzino
1592 Elizabeth "Ditchley Portrait" by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (National Portrait Gallery
ca. 1590 Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton by ? (location unknown to gogm)
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