Lettice Knollys
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 389 years ago |
Date of birth | November 8,1543 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Rotherfield Greys |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 25,1634 |
Died | Drayton Bassett |
United Kingdom | |
Titles | Essex |
Leicester | |
Spouse | Christopher Blount |
Children | Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex |
Parents | Catherine Carey |
Francis Knollys | |
Grandchildren | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex |
Siblings | Elizabeth Knollys |
Anne Knollys, Baroness De La Warr | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 432401 |
Lettice Knollys Life story
Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lady Penelope Rich. By her second marriage to Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, she incurred the Queen's unrelenting displeasure.