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Born Elizabeth Spencer to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough and Elizabeth Trevor. Her siblings were George, Charles, and Diana. At nineteen she married Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke.
The King and Queen stayed for two nights with Henry and Elizabeth at Wilton House in 1778.
She and Henry ended up living in separate quarters at Wilton (he downstairs, she upstairs), with her eventually leaving for Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park in 1788, which the king had put at her disposal. However, the King – who had been attracted to Elizabeth all his life – suffered his first bout of insanity that same year, and she had to endure the embarrassment of his sporadic and unwanted attentions until his recovery later that year.
Despite Henry"s frequent affairs, they had the following issue:
She features in the movie The Madness of King George (1994) played by Amanda Donohoe. lieutenant is set in 1788, and so she was actually much older than portrayed. the King introduces her: "Now, that"s Lady Pembroke.
Handsome woman, what? Daughter of the Duke of Marlborough.
Stuff of generals. Blood of Blenheim. Husband an utter rascal. Eloped in a packet-boat.",
the movie shows the mad King harassing her, but she (and the Queen) remaining loyal to him.
