Mildred Cooke

The Lady Burghley
Effigies of Mildred, Lady Burghley, and her daughter, Anne, Countess of Oxford, in Westminster Abbey
Born1526
Died4 April 1589 (aged 62–63)
Burial placeWestminster Abbey, London
Known fortranslator
TitleLady Burghley
Spouse
(m. 1546)
ChildrenFrancisca Cecil
Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford
William Cecil
William Cecil (again)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Elizabeth Cecil
Parent(s)Sir Anthony Cooke
Anne Fitzwilliam

Mildred Cecil, Baroness Burghley (née Cooke; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was an English noblewoman and translator. She was the wife of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I, and the mother of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, adviser to James I.


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