Bess of Hardwick

notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society (1527–1608)

Parents

• Elizabeth Leake
• John Hardwick

Children

• Charles Cavendish
• Frances Cavendish
• Henry Cavendish
• Elizabeth Stuart, Countess of Lennox
• William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
• Mary Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

Partners

• William St Loe
• William Cavendish
• George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury
• Robert Barlow