Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle
- Elizabeth Grey, 5th Baroness Lisle, 3rd Viscountess Lisle (25 March 1505 – 1519) was an English noblewoman. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle and Lady Muriel Howard.
- After the death of her stepfather, Sir Thomas Knyvet, in August 1512, Elizabeth was left an orphan and became the ward of Sir Charles Brandon, a favourite of King Henry VIII.
- Brandon had already been married twice before, in scandalous circumstances, and would marry twice more, also in scandalous circumstances, but at this point was a widower. In 1513, Elizabeth and Brandon were betrothed, and he was made Viscount Lisle in anticipation of their marriage - she was then only eight years old.
- In 1515, he married Mary Tudor, the queen dowager of France and Henry VIII's younger sister (without having obtained the consent of the King).
- Having married he was obliged to surrender the title and Elizabeth's wardship.
- This was passed on to Katherine Plantagenet, Countess of Devon, who married Elizabeth to her son, Henry Courtenay, a cousin of the King and grandson of Edward IV of England.
- Elizabeth died before the marriage could be consummated.
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