Lady Susan was born on 26 May 1587, the youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil, the daughter of statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Queen Elizabeth's chief advisor and leading member of her Privy Council.
Susan Sarandon | Susan Sontag | Susan B. Anthony | Susan G. Komen for the Cure | Susan Tedeschi | Susan Collins | Susan Ashton | Susan Roces | Susan Glaspell | Susan Stroman | Susan Kare | Susan Hayward | Susan Haack | Susan Sheridan | Susan Lucci | Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough | Susan Werner | Susan Sullivan | Susan Oliver | Susan Love | Susan Dey | Susan Cooper | Susan Blackwell | Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend | Susan Reynolds | Susan Raye | Susan P. Crawford | Susan Maughan | Susan Ivanova | Susan Hill |
At her head are her three granddaughters, Elizabeth de Vere, Bridget de Vere, and Susan de Vere, and at her feet her only son, Robert Cecil.