Isabel Rich, Countess of Holland (died August 1655), formerly Isabel Cope, was an English courtier. She was the wife of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland.

Isabel Cope was the daughter of Sir Walter Cope (c. 1553–1614) and his wife, the former Dorothy Grenville (1563–1638).

In or before 1616, she married Rich, then a knight and MP for Leicester, thus obtaining the title Lady Rich.[1] When her husband was granted an earldom in 1624, by King James I of England, she became Countess of Holland.

Their children, several of whom died in infancy, included:

The countess's portrait was painted by William Larkin around the time of her marriage, and is held at Kenwood House in the care of English Heritage.[8]

Her husband, a Royalist, already in poor health, was executed in 1649.

References

  1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 284.
  2. A.F.Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram c 1565-1642 OUP 1961
  3. Cracroft's Peerage says they married 1640
  4. thepeerage.com Lady Essex Howard
  5. Suffolk, Earl of (E, 1603) Archived 25 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine and Howard de Walden, Baron (E, 1597) Cracroft's Peerage, retrieved 25 November 2012
  6. "Holland, Earl of (E, 1624 - 1759)" Cracroft's Peerage, retrieved 25 November 2012
  7. Breadalbane and Holland, Earl of (S, 1677 - dormant 1995) Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cracroft's Peerage, retrieved 25 November 2012.
  8. "Lady Isabel Rich nee Cope". ArtUK. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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