Henrietta Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth
Henrietta Maria Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth (born August 11, 1660 in Toddington , † April 23, 1686 ibid) was an English noblewoman and the mistress of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth .
Life
Henrietta was the only child of Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth (1612–1665) and his wife, Lady Philadelphia Carey. She grew up on the Toddington family estate in Bedfordshire . After the death of her grandfather, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591-1667), she inherited the title of Baroness Wentworth . Her father, who had already passed away at this point, had already been given the title in advance during his father's lifetime due to a special royal resolution ( Writ of Acceleration ).
In 1674 Lady Wentworth was introduced to society during a masked ball , where she first met James Crofts Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685), an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England . In 1680 a marriage between Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet (1640–1684) and Lady Wentworth was planned. A scandal occurred when James Scott proposed himself as a bridegroom, because he had been married to Lady Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) since 1663. Her mother sent her back to Toddington, but James Scott followed her there.
When James Scott was implicated in the Rye House conspiracy under Algernon Sidney in 1683 , he fled to Holland with Lady Wentworth . There the couple was received by the governor of the Netherlands, William, Prince of Orange (1650-1702), and Lady Wentworth was introduced as the Duke's mistress. After his father's death in 1685, James claimed the throne in place of his uncle Jacob, the Duke of York . To raise an army, he borrowed £ 6,000 from a Dutch merchant after Lady Wentworth had promised her jewelry as collateral. This triggered the Monmouth Rebellion , his troops were defeated on July 6, 1685 near the village of Sedgemoor ( Battle of Sedgemoor ). Scott was captured on July 15, 1685 and eventually executed in the Tower of London .
Lady Wentworth returned to England in August 1685 and died a few months later. She was buried in Toddington Cemetery. Her aunt, Lady Hurley, inherited her possessions and titles.
literature
- Winston Churchill : History Volume III - The Age of Revolutions . Scherz & Coverts Verlag, Stuttgart 1957
swell
- Robert Clifton: - Wentworth, Henrietta Maria, suo jure Baroness Wentworth (1660–1686), royal mistress - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Remarks
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wentworth |
Baroness Wentworth 1667-1686 |
Anne Lovelace |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentworth, Henrietta, 6th Baroness Wentworth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wentworth, Henrietta Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English noblewoman and the mistress of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1660 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toddington , Bedfordshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1686 |
| Place of death | Toddington , Bedfordshire , England |