1. Magdalen Herbert born Magdalen Newport; Magdalen, Lady Danvers was an English estate manager and patron.
10 Facts About Magdalen Herbert
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Magdalen Herbert was a patron to John Donne and the mother of poet George Herbert.
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Magdalen Herbert is seen as the head of an early English literary family.
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Magdalen Herbert was born in 1561, she was the daughter of Sir Richard Newport of High Ercall, Shropshire.
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Magdalen Herbert married Richard Herbert, Lord of Cherbury at her family home in Eyton on Severn near Wroxeter, Shropshire, in 1581.
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Magdalen Herbert was the eldest son of Edward Herbert who was a member of a collateral branch of the family of the Earls of Pembroke.
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Magdalen Herbert is seen as the head of an early English literary family.
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Magdalen Herbert's husband died in 1596 and for the next thirteen years she was the estate manager.
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Magdalen Herbert had a tomb erected in Montgomery church, where her husband was buried, in 1600.
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Donne wrote a poem, "Ascension: To the Lady Magdalen Herbert", addressed to her.