17th-century English women

Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era.

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)

Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 (1662-1694)

Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (1638–1705)

queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I

Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619)

English pirate

Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662)

Queen consort of England (1685-1688)

English Royal

Anne Shakespeare, commonly known as Anne Hathaway and sometimes referred to as Agnes Hathaway, was the wife of William Shakespeare, the English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was pregnant at 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18. Some writers, such as Samuel Schoenbaum, have assumed that she was rather old for an Elizabethan bride, but in fact it was normal for her contemporaries to marry in their 20s, although legally they could marry earlier. Shakespeare, on the other hand, was young for an Elizabethan bridegroom.

participant in the Antinomian Controversy

British princess (1692-1712)

British noblewoman, Duchess of Somerset

eldest child and older daughter of William Shakespeare

English Royal

English noblewoman

Mother of Methodism

younger daughter of William Shakespeare

mother of William Shakespeare

Daughter of King Charles I

daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire

English pickpocket and fence

Countess of Essex and Somerset

British countess (1693–1778)

British noble

English Catholic martyr

English woman accused of witchcraft (c.1565-1645)

noblewoman; English composer (1629-1704)

English countess

English Royal

English countess, viscountess and baroness

noblewoman; illegitimate child of English king

pirate

Countess of Castlehaven

British noble (1538-1612)

British businesswoman

noblewoman; British prioress

British Baroness (1660-1686)

English Royalist (c. 1598–1661)

English countess

sister of William Shakespeare

scullery maid for the manor house of Thomas Reade

wife of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1689-1751)

English Countess (1556-1634)

English-Scottish princess; third daughter and sixth child of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark

English Countess

English noblewoman (1615–1684)

Illegitimate daughter of James II of England

English woman executed for witchcraft at Tyburn (d.1652)

English countess (c 1556-1632)

English alleged witch (died 1653)

British noble; (1675-1728)

English noble

slave concubine

fourth daughter and seventh child of King James VI and I by his wife, Anne of Denmark

British inspiration for Thomas Dekker