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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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
1592 Elizabeth "Ditchley Portrait" by Marcus Gheerraerts the Younger (National Portrait Gallery - London UK)
ca. 1590 Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southampton by ? (location unknown to gogm)
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