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Bridget de Vere, Countess of Berkshire
Bridget de Vere, Countess of Berkshire (6 April 1584 – December 1630/March 1631) was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. Bridget was brought up by her maternal grandfather, the powerful statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. She was also styled Lady Norris of Rycote and Viscountess Thame. She married Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire; however, the marriage was not a success, and they separated in 1606.
had a total of five children:
- Lady Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby, Lord of Mann (2 July 1575 – 10 March 1627), married William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, by whom she had issue.
- Lord Bulbecke (died May 1583 in early infancy)
- Lady Bridget de Vere (6 April 1584- December 1630/March 1631), married Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire, by whom she had one daughter.
- Lady Frances de Vere (died as