Anne russell biography
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Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick
Wife of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
Anne Dudley (née Russell), Countess of Warwick (1548/1549 – 9 February 1604) was an English noblewoman, and a lady-in-waiting and close friend of Elizabeth I.
She was the third wife of Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick.
Anne russell biography
Family and marriage
Anne Russell was the eldest daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford and his first wife Margaret St. John. Possibly serving the future Elizabeth I from childhood, she became a maid of honour in 1559, shortly after the Queen's accession.[1]
When she was 16 her father and Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, arranged her marriage to Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Leicester's elder brother and nearly 20 years his bride's senior.
The ceremony was performed on 11 November 1565 in the royal chapel at Whitehall Palace.[2] The wedding was one of the great court festivities of Elizabeth's reign, with tour