Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1661/2)

'Lady Elizabeth'

Other Last Names

Stewart

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1596-08-16 (possibly born 19 Aug. 1596)
Death Date: 1662-02-13

Notes

Left England for Heidelberg 26 April 1613. Resident in Prague 31 Oct. 1619--20. Resident in The Hague and also (after 1629--30) in Rhenen in Gelderland, Netherlands, 14 April 1621 until return to England in May 1661

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

Queen of Bohemia

Titles

  • Princess of England
    Assumed 1596-08-15
    Vacated 1661/2-02-13
  • Electress Palatine
    Assumed 1612/13-02-13 (marriage date)
    Vacated 1661/2-02-13
  • Queen of Bohemia
    Assumed 1619-11-07 (date crowned)
    Vacated 1661/2-02-13

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Whitehall, London (city-county)
  • Hampton Court, Middlesex
  • Kew, Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance? 1613-1613 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Jester
Performance 1610-1611 Guildhall, Bath , Somerset Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1611-1611 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1611-1612 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1612-1612 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1612-1612 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1612-1612 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1612-1613 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1612-1613 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1612-1613 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1613 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1613 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1613 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1613 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1614 Leominster (Unknown), Leominster , Herefordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1614 Town Hall, Maidstone , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1613-1613 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1614-1614 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1614-1614 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1614-1615 Shire Hall, Stafford , Staffordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1615-1615 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1615-1615 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1615-1616 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1615-1616 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Dismissal 1616-1616 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1616-1617 Leominster (Unknown), Leominster , Herefordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1616-1616 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1617-1617 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1617-1618 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1617-1617 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Dismissal 1617-1617 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1618 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1619 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1618 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1618 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1618-1618 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1618 Moot Hall, Carlisle , Cumberland Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1618-1619 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1619-1619 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance? 1619-1619 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1619-1620 Leominster (Unknown), Leominster , Herefordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1619-1620 Town Hall, Reading , Berkshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1619-1620 Town Hall, Reading , Berkshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1620 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1620-1620 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1620-1620 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1620 Moot Hall, Carlisle , Cumberland Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1620 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1621 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1620 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1620 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1620-1621 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1621-1621 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1621-1621 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1621-1621 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1621-1622 Shire Hall, Stafford , Staffordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1622 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Dismissal 1622-1622 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1622 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1622 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1623 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1623 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1622-1622 Shire Hall, Stafford , Staffordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1623-1623 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1623-1623 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1624-1625 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1624-1624 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1624-1624 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1624-1624 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Dismissal 1624-1625 Lyme Regis (Unknown), Lyme Regis , Dorset Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1625-1625 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance Regulations 1630-1630 Norwich (Unknown), Norwich , Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1630-1630 Shire Hall, Stafford , Staffordshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1630-1630 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1630-1631 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1631-1631 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Elizabeth's Players
Performance 1624-1625 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Lady Elizabeth's Servants
Dismissal 1631-1631 Town Hall, Reading , Berkshire Lady Elizabeth's Servants
Performance 1621-1621 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Lady Elizabeth's Trumpeters
Performance 1622-1622 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lady Elizabeth's Trumpeters
Performance 1621-1621 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lady Grace's Waits
Performance 1619-1620 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Queen of Bohemia's Players
Dismissal 1629-1630 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Queen of Bohemia's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady Elizabeth's Jester Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lady Elizabeth's Players Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Players 75
Lady Elizabeth's Servants Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Players 2
Lady Elizabeth's Trumpeters Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Musicians 2
Lady Grace's Waits Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Musicians 1
Queen of Bohemia's Players Stuart, Elizabeth (1596 - 1662) Players 2

Bibliographic Sources

Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)