Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

Lady Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1525 January 1567),[1] formerly Gertrude Manners, was an English noblewoman of the Elizabethan period.

Gertrude was born in Helmsley Castle, the daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife, the former Eleanor Paston. She married George Talbot on 28 April 1539.

Their children were:

The countess died when her children were still young, and was buried in the family vault in Sheffield on 16 January 1567.[2] A few months later, her widower began a courtship of their friend and neighbour, the thrice-widowed Bess of Hardwick,[1] which culminated in their marriage.

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