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Elizabeth Cromwell (née Bourchier; 1598 –1665) was the wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the mother of Richard Cromwell, the second Lord Protector.
As the wife of a rising and senior army officer, and from December 1653 as the wife of the head of state – ‘Her Highness the Lady Protectress’, as she was sometimes called – Elizabeth played a minor and supporting role in some public occasions, especially entertaining the wives and daughters of ambassadors and other dignitaries.
Dec 5, 2014 · 5 December 2014. Cromwell Museum. Oliver Cromwell remains an intensely controversial figure - the subject of ongoing debate. But what was it like to be a woman at that time, and especially to...
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Sep 23, 2023 · Elizabeth Cromwell rose from obscurity to become Lady Protectoress during England's only republic. By Katy Prickett and John Devine. BBC News, Cambridgeshire. Civil War re-enactors will parade...
Sep 23, 2023 · 23 September 2023. By Katy Prickett and John Devine,BBC News, Cambridgeshire. The Cromwell Museum. Elizabeth Cromwell rose from obscurity to become Lady Protectoress during England's only...
Jan 10, 2001 · College of Arts and Sciences. Elizabeth Cromwell’s Kitchen Court: Republicanism and the Consort. Jan. 10, 2001 • By Katherine Gillespie. (part of a series in Issue 33: First Ladies? Political Wives in Seventeenth-century England)
Apr 29, 2024 · Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth.
