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Alethea Howard, 13th Baroness Furnivall, Countess of Arundel (1585 – ),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lady Alethea Talbot, Baroness Talbot )〕 née Lady Alethea Talbot (pronounced "Al-ee-thia"〔From the Greek noun ''αλήθεια'' (pronounced "al-ee-thia"), meaning "truth"〕), was the wife of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel. She was the youngest daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Mary Cavendish; and the sister of two other countesses: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent. ==Life== Lady Alethea Talbot was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1585. Her first name Alethea is the Greek noun ''αλήθεια'' (pronounced "al-ee-thia"), meaning "truth". In September, 1606, she married Thomas Howard, and they had four children; their first son died as a youth aged 17: *James Howard, Baron Maltravers (1607–1624) *Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel (1608–1652) *Anne Howard (1612–1658) *William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (c. 1614-1680) Along with her sister Elizabeth and cousin Arbella Stuart, she performed in ''The Masque of Queens'', written to Royal order by Ben Jonson, with costumes by Inigo Jones. The masque was originally planned to celebrate Christmas 1608 but was eventually performed at court on 2 February 1609.〔C. H. Herford et al., eds, ''Ben Jonson''. Vol. 10 (Oxford, 1950) pp. 491-496〕 Lady Arundel wished to join her husband abroad, but was dissuaded from doing so. Alethea and her husband accompanied the Elector Palatine Frederick V and his bride Princess Elizabeth Stuart as far as Heidelberg on their marriage in 1613. Lady Arundel used her money to buy back Arundel House and she financed their trip to Italy in 1613-1614,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SHAFE )〕 travelling with Inigo Jones. The Earl of Arundel was one of the first Englishmen to buy antique statues. She met him in Siena. Together they travelled to Rome, Naples, Padua, Genoa, Turin, and Paris. They reached England in November 1614. Alethea’s father died in 1616; she inherited a third of the estate and her husband's serious collecting started. Around 1619 Lord Arundel sent his two elder sons to Padua. In 1620 Rubens painted Alethea Talbot, and her retinue, jester, dwarf and dog in Antwerp when she was on her way to Italy. (The male figure, called lord Arundel, was added many years later by an unknown hand.) He wished to visit his sons, but decided that Lady Arundel should go alone. Lady Arundel was accompanied by Francesco Vercellini. She stayed in Spa and engaged apartments. Lady Arundel moved to Milan and Padua. In 1622 she lived in Venice in the Palazzo Mocenigo facing the Canal Grande, and also in a villa at Dolo. Antonio Priuli's election began a brutal process of ferreting out individuals suspected of plotting against Venice. Hundreds were arrested, with or without cause, with attention specially focused on foreign soldiers and sailors. The manhunt led to the arrest of many actual plotters, but also of many innocent victims, such as Antonio Foscarini, a patrician who was executed on 21 April 1621, after attending an event at the English Embassy. The hysteria ended in 1622, and on 16 January 1623 the Venetian government issued an apology for Foscarini's execution, thus marking a scaling back of the manhunt. Sir Henry Wotton warned her to leave Venice. She declined the advice and went straight to Venice. Insisting on appearing next day, with Sir Henry Wotton, before the Doge and Senate she was completely justified. Lady Arundel left Venice with letters from the Doge ordering every favour to be shown to her on her journey through Venetian territory. She spent the winter in Turin together with her two sons. She met with Anthony van Dyck, the painter. Together they went to Mantua. In 1623 she attempted to go to Spain to woo the Infanta, sister of Philip IV of Spain.〔 She started for England, intending to visit the Queen of Bohemia at the Hague on the way. In 1624 her eldest son Maltravers died of smallpox in Ghent. In 1626 her husband was put in the Tower of London by Charles because their elder son Maltravers had secretly married Elisabeth Stuart (daughter of Esme, duke of Lennox), a kinswoman of Charles, without permission. Joachim von Sandrart gave his opinion on the collection and copied the works by Holbein. The King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria visited Arundel House to see the collections. Birth of another grandson to Lord Arundel. The king refused to allow Lady Arundel to accompany her husband on a special embassy to Holland, to invite the Winter Queen, his sister, to England. In 1633 Lady Arundel purchased a small villa, known as Tart Hall, (located just south of Buckingham Palace).〔Articulating British classicism: new approaches to eighteenth-century ... by Barbara Arciszewska,Elizabeth McKellar ()〕 Her second son, Lord Maltravers, was elected member of the Dublin Parliament of 1634. Arundel and his son paid a visit to Lord Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in Dublin. In 1636 Lady Arundel met her husband on the Thames, after his visit to the Holy Roman Emperor. She is involved in a Catholic intrigue. Lord Arundel acquired the cabinet of the Dutch merchant Daniel Nijs. Maria de' Medici comes to England. In 1638 debts threatened ruin the estate, her husband started the Madagascar plan. Arundel House contained thirty seven statues, 128 busts and 250 inscriptions. Artemisia Gentileschi may have worked for Aletheia. A portrait by Van Dyck of Lord Arundel and his wife was made. Departure of the Queen-Mother, Maria de' Medici from England. Lord and Lady Arundel appointed to escort her to Cologne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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