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Bess of Hardwick: Elizabethan England's Richest Woman

Not Just the Tudors by History Hit

Jul 9, 202645:10Society & Culture

How did a Derbyshire gentlewoman become England’s richest woman after Elizabeth I? Why does she still fascinate us as her 500th anniversary approaches? From four marriages and vast wealth to Hardwick Hall, Chatsworth and...

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Bess of Hardwick: Elizabethan England's Richest Woman is an episode from Not Just the Tudors by History Hit. How did a Derbyshire gentlewoman become England’s richest woman after Elizabeth I? Why does she still fascinate us as her 500th ann...

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Published Jul 9, 2026, 45:10 long, audio available.