Mary Capel, Countess of Essex
British countess · Lived 1679 to 1726 · aged 47
Mary Capell, Countess of Essex, born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange and his wife Anne Villiers.
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Lived 1679 to 1726 · aged 47