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Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 – 27 September 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Princess Mary Tudor, the Dowager Queen consort of France. She was a younger sister of Lady Frances Brandon and an elder sister of Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln. She was also a younger paternal half-sister of Lady Anne Brandon and Lady Mary Brandon from her father's second marriage. After her mother's death in 1533, her father remarried to Catherine Willoughby and Eleanor became an elder half-sister of Henry Brandon, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk. Her paternal grandparents were Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Her maternal grandparents were Henry VII of England and his queen consort Elizabeth of York. She was thus a niece of Henry VIII. ==Countess of Cumberland== Lady Eleanor was a descendant of a member of the Tudor dynasty and therefore her marriage would advance the political ambitions of any given husband. In March 1533, a marriage contract was written up for Lady Eleanor and Henry Clifford, the eldest son and heir of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland by Lady Margaret Percy.〔George Edward Cokayne. ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom'', Vol III, pg 567.〕 However, since her mother died nine months later, she waited to go and live with her young husband and in-laws. In anticipation of Eleanor's arrival, the Earl of Cumberland built two towers and the great gallery within Skipton Castle.〔John Burke. ''The portrait gallery of distinguished females'', E. Bull, 1833. pg 36. (''Google eBook'' )〕 Eleanor married Clifford at Brandon house, Bridewell, in 1537; her uncle King Henry VIII was present.〔〔Gunn, Steven J.: ''Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C. 1484-1545'' Blackwell Publishing, Williston 1988, p 132〕〔Dulcie M. Ashdown: ''Tudor Cousins: Rivals for the Throne'', Sutton Publishing, 2000, p 56〕 In January 1536, Eleanor was designated the chief mourner for the funeral service of Catherine of Aragon, first Queen consort of Henry VIII, at Peterborough Cathedral.〔() „() the chief mourner was lady Eleanor daughter of the duke of Suffolk and the French Queen, and niece of king Henry“ Imperial ambassador Eustace Chapuys to Charles V. on February 10, 1536 In: ''Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 10: January–July 1536'' (1882)〕 There is not much known about her later life and she left only one letter: 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「Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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