As for Cressida’s family life, it appears that she is an only child and is often seen with her mother. By season three, it is clear that Cressida’s mother is desperate for her daughter to marry, and Cressida’s parents even threaten her with an arranged marriage if she does not find a husband soon, and her father threatens to cut her and her mother’s allowance if she does not meet a match.
What happens to Cressida Cowper in Bridgerton?
Despite her villainous turn in the series, at the end of the day all Cressida (and her parents) want is for her to find a husband.
The first two seasons of Bridgerton show Cressida as an outsider to the main cast, mainly portrayed as a love rival and another one of the women of the ton who are keen to marry—she is even seen fawning over Anthony Bridgerton when his mother Violent announces that he is looking for a match in season two.
Cut to season three and the Bridgerton writers have brought Cressida’s character into the forefront, fleshing her out and humanizing her a bit more. We now understand why she is so desperate to find a husband, as otherwise she’ll be paired off with a much older man.
When her parents start arranging a marriage with a friend of Cressida’s father, this is the same time that the Queen is on the hunt for Lady Whistledown. Upon hearing that once Whistledown is unmasked she could never hope to marry, Cressida decides to lie and announces that she herself is Whistledown.
However, the Queen does not believe her and Cressida’s personal life begins to implode as Eloise cuts ties with her, and her father pulls her dowry.
Cressida and her mother write a full issue of the Whistledown newsletter but, unfortunately for Cressida, the real Whistledown (Penelope Featherington/Bridgerton) releases one discrediting Cressida.
