Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury

Gertrude Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1525 – January 1567), formerly Lady Gertrude Manners, was an English noblewoman of the Elizabethan period.
Gertrude was born in Helmsley Castle, the daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife, the former Eleanor Paston. She married George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, on 28 April 1539.
Their children were:
The countess died when her children were still young, and was buried in the family vault in Sheffield on 16 January 1567.
A few months after the countess's death, Gertrude's husband began a courtship of their friend and neighbour, the thrice-widowed Bess of Hardwick, which culminated in their marriage.