Isabella Hartstonge

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Isabella Hartstonge (Danvers)

Also Known As: "Belle"
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Daughter of Samuel Danvers and Beata Brydges
Wife of John Hartstonge, Bishop of Ossory and Derry
Mother of Ann Hartstonge

Occupation: Lady of the Bedchamber
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About Isabella Hartstonge

Isabella (Belle) Danvers, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne Of Great Britain. Wife of Bishop John Hartstonge Of Ossory and Derry by whom she had one child, Ann.

Belle Danvers was a bitter personal enemy of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, who described her as "not looking human".

Another enemy of Belle, Mary Cowper, portrayed the marriage caustically: "She married an Irish bishop who hoped to be made an English Bishop by marrying one of the Queen's dressers, but, I don't know how it happened, he missed his aim, and got only one of the frightfullest, disagreeablest wives in the Kingdom".

Belle Danvers is a minor character in the novel Shores of Darkness by Diana Norman.