Frances, Countess de Nassau de Auverquerque

Frances Aersen Van Sommelsdyck, Countess Van Nassau, Lady Van Auverquerque, as she described herself in her will, was buried aged 82 in a vault known as the Ormond vault at the east end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 27th January 1720. She was the widow of Henry, Earl Van Nassau, Lord Van Auverquerque (or Ouwerkerk) who died in 1708, cousin and Master of the Horse to William III. They had eight children, several of whom died young.

Their son Henry de Nassau, Earl of Grantham, married Henrietta, daughter of the Earl of Ossory. Sons Cornelius and Frans were both in the army and killed in battle and son Maurice was governor of Ypres. Their daughters were Elisabeth, Lucia Anna, Countess of Bellamont, and Isabella, Lady Lansdowne who pre-deceased her mother.

Charlotte, wife of Maurice, was buried in the same vault aged 34 on 9th December 1714. She was a daughter of William Adrian de Nassau, Lord of Odyke, Zeist, etc, who was created a Count of the Empire by Emperor Leopold and was premier nobleman of Zealand.

Frances' grandson, William Henry, Earl of Bath, was buried in the same vault on 24th May 1711. He was the only child of Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath and his second wife Isabella de Nassau. He died unmarried and the title became extinct.

Her grand daughter Emilia Mary Nassau, daughter of the Earl of Grantham, was buried on 5th September 1717.

The names of the ladies are inscribed on a stone over this vault, in what is now the RAF chapel, but this is covered by a carpet.