4 sons - 3 died bef. 1585 3 dau.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Russell,_2nd_Earl_of_Bedford

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Historical memoirs of the house of Russell: from the time of the ..., Volume 1 By Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen

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His first wife was Margaret St John (Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, 1533 - 27 August 1562), daughter of Sir John St John (great-grandson of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso) and Margaret Walgrave, by whom he had four sons and three daughters:

   * Anne Russell (1548–1603), married Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
   * Edward Russell, Baron Russell (1551–1572), married Jane Sybilla Morrison of Cashiobury, without issue
   * John Russell, Baron Russell (c.1553–1584), married Elizabeth Cooke, one daughter
   * Francis Russell, Baron Russell (c.1554 – 27 July 1585), married Juliana Foster and had issue, including Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford, and Mary Ann Russell, wife of John Roote, and had issue
   * William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (c.1557–1613)
   * Elizabeth Russell (d. 1605), married William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
   * Margaret Russell (1560–1616), married George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland.

His second wife was Bridget (d. 1601), daughter of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, twice widowed. He was succeeded as third Earl by his grandson, Edward (1572–1627), only son of Francis, Lord Russell (c. 1550–1585).