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Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, also known as Helena, and Helena the Red for her red hair, (1548/1549 – 10 April 1635) was a Swedish-born noblewoman, Maid of Honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and Marchioness of Northampton by her marriage to William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton .
Helena, Marchioness of Northampton. Helena Snakenborg came to London in the train of a visiting Swedish Princess. Appointed a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, writes Gunnar Sjögren, she married twice and lived in England for seventy years. Gunnar Sjogren | Published in History Today Volume 28 Issue 9 September 1978.
Mar 14, 2024 · Elizabeth I’s Swedish lady of the privy chamber: Helena Ulfsdotter née Snakenborg, marchioness of Northampton. As we mark Women’s History Month throughout March, here Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of our Lords 1558-1603 project, looks into the life of Helena Snakenborg. How did this Swedish native become key figure in the court of Elizabeth I?
Mar 20, 2024 · Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton's Timeline. Alderton, Northants. Birth of Sir Theobald Gorges, Kt. Genealogy for Marchioness of Northampton Helena Snakenborg (1549 - 1635) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Helena (Elin) "Marchioness of Northampton" Gorges formerly Snakenborg aka Parr. Born about 1549 in Östergötland, Sverige. Ancestors. Daughter of Ulf (Snakenborg) Henriksson and Agneta (Knutsdotter) Knutsdotter Lillie. Sister of Carin (Ulfsdotter) Snakenborg. Wife of William Parr — married about May 1571 (to 28 Oct 1571) [location unknown]
- Female
- April 10, 1635
- William Parr, Thomas Gorges
Dec 21, 2023 · Upon their arrival in Dover in September 1565, Helena and her retinue were greeted by the English nobility, including the influential Sir William Parr, Marquess of Northampton. This marked Helena’s first foray into English society, a world vastly different than her native Sweden.
Fig.4 A Young Lady Aged 21, Possibly Helena Snakenborg, Later Marchioness of Northampton 1569, viewed in raking light from the left The two boards are radially cut, though with some irregularity in the grain.
