Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent

[1] Susan was the noblewoman memorialized by poet Emilia Lanier (née Aemilia Bassano) at the beginning of the Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611) as the "daughter of the Duchess of Suffolk.

"[2] At sixteen years of age, Susan Bertie married Reginald Grey of Wrest, who was later restored as the fifth Earl of Kent following her mother's intervention.

Born one year after Susan was a brother, Peregrine Bertie, who later succeeded his mother as the 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

Known at the time of his marriage as "Master Grey", Susan's husband was acknowledged by Elizabeth I as Earl of Kent by 30 December 1571, as the result of a campaign by his mother in law Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk.

The poet was educated under the direction of the dowager Countess of Kent, whose Protestant humanist circle had a profound influence on the young Lanyer.