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Note: Wikipedia: Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby (1599 - 1664), born Charlotte de la Tremo�ille was the daughter of Claude, Duc de Thouars and Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau. Her maternal grandparents were William the Silent and Charlotte de Bourbon.
On 26 June 1626, Charlotte married of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who was taken prisoner at Worcester in 1651, and was beheaded at Bolton. Lady Derby was famous for her gallant defense of Lathom House against the Parliamentary forces during the First English Civil War in 1644.
Charlotte and Derby were parents of four daughters and five sons. Only four of their children appear to have survived to a marriageable age:
* Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby (19 January 1628 - 21 December 1672).
* Lady Henriette Mary Stanley (17 November 1630 - 27 December 1685). Married William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford.
* Lady Amelia Ann Sophia Stanley. Married John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl.
* Lady Catherine Stanley. Married Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester.
Charles' two sons, William, the 9th Earl (c. 1655�1702), and James, the 10th Earl (1664�1736), both died without sons, and consequently, when James died in February 1736, his titles and estates passed to Sir Edward Stanley (1689�1776), a descendant of the 1st earl. From him the later Earls of Derby are descended.
http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/churchilll.htm:
According to a rather puritanical Parliamentarian, three women ruined the kingdom: Eve, for having brought sin into the world, the Catholic Queen Henrietta Maria, and Charlotte, the Countess of Derby, also a Catholic. There were also sneers at her husband, for it was said that of the two that she had proven herself the better soldier or, put more crudely, that she had stolen 'the Earl's breeches'.
Granddaughter of William The Silent, Prince of Orange, Charlotte married the Earl of Derby, who was related to the English royal family, and found her a queen by his side in Lathom House, a massive and ancient fortress, considered 'the only Court' in the north. In 1643, with the Earl on the Isle of Man, the Countess was at Lathom House with two of her children, when it was besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Parliamentary General who wanted to have a bloodless surrender.
After several summonses were delivered, the general attacked; Lady Derby's defence lasted three months till she was rescued by Prince Rupert. However, in 1645, with the Countess absent, her staff surrendered Lathom House to the Parliamentary forces.
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