Blanche Arundell

Blanche Arundell, Dowager Baroness Arundell wa Wardour (alizaliwa Lady Blanche Somerset; 1583 au 1584 – 28 Oktoba 1649) alikuwa mwanamke tajiri wa Uingereza, anayejulikana kama mlinzi wa Wardour Castle, aliyoilinda kwa karibu wiki moja akiwa na wanaume 25 tu na watumishi wake wa kike dhidi ya jeshi la watu 1,300.

Wasifu
Arundell alizaliwa na Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, na Elizabeth Somerset, Countess wa Worcester (1556–1621).

Alicheza ngoma katika sherehe ya ndoa ya Anne Russell na Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worceste mnamo Juni 1600.Michael Brennan, Noel Kinnamon, Margaret Hannay, The Letters of Rowland Whyte (Philadelphia, 2013), pp. 498, 501: Arthur Collins, Letters and Memorials of State, vol. 2 (London, 1746), p. 201: Roy Strong, The Cult of Elizabeth (London, 1977), pp. 28–43. Wachezaji wengine, wakiongozwa na Mary Fit, walikuwa Lady Dougherty, Mistress Carey, Elizabeth Southwell, Mistress Onslow, Bess Russell, na Mistress Darcy. Walivaa sketi za kitambaa cha fedha, koti zilizoshonwa kwa hariri ya rangi na nyuzi za fedha na dhahabu, manteli za taffeta ya rangi ya maua, na "nywele zilizolegea juu ya mabega yao" ambazo pia "ziliunganishwa kwa umakini na kuingiliana".Michael Brennan, Noel Kinnamon, Margaret Hannay, The Letters of Rowland Whyte (Philadelphia, 2013), pp. 498, 501.

Marejeo

Jamii:Wanawake wa Uingereza