Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery [SEP] father
Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery
Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery (26 May 1587 – 1628/29), was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen consort of England, Anne of Denmark. She was the youngest daughter of Elizabethan courtier, poet, and playwright Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Family and early years.
Lady Susan was born on 26 May 1587, the youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and
depicted lying on a [[sarcophagus]]. At her head are her three granddaughters, [[Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby|Elizabeth de Vere]], [[Bridget de Vere]], and [[Susan de Vere, Countess of Montgomery|Susan de Vere]], and at her feet her only son, [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury|Robert Cecil]]. In a recess is the recumbent figure of her daughter Anne, Countess of Oxford. In the upper story Lord Burghley is depicted