Margaret Clifford Countess of Cumberland (7 July 1560 – 24 May 1616) was an English

England

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 noblewoman and maid of honor to Elizabeth I. Lady Margaret was born in Exeter, England to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford

Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford

Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, KG was an English nobleman, soldier and politician and godfather to Sir. Francis Drake.-Early life:...

 and Margaret St. John. On 24 June, 1577 she married George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

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 the son of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

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 and Anne Dacre. Her sister, Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick

Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick

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, was married to Ambrose Dudley, brother of Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

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, the Earl of Leicester

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, and Anne too was a great literary patron and a close friend to Queen Elizabeth I attending her on her death bed.

Children

• Sir Robert Clifford (21 September 1585 – 24 May 1591)
• Francis Clifford (1584 – 8 December 1589)
• Lady Anne Clifford
  Lady Anne Clifford
  Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford was the only surviving child of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by his wife Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford...
  
   (30 January 1590 – 22 March 1676) married Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset
  Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset
  Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset was the son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset....