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Earl of Essex 1566–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 November 1566

Birth Location: Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 25 February 1600

Death Location: a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA

Father: Sir Blount

Mother: Lady Leicester

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In 1566, Earl of Essex entered the world in Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA, born to Sir Christopher Blount And Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess Of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess Of Leicester. Earl of Essex passed away in 1600 in a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1566, Earl of Essex entered the world in Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA, born to Sir Christopher Blount And Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess Of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess Of Leicester.
  • Earl of Essex passed away in 1600 in a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA.

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Earl Essex's Ancestors

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Earl Essex
1566–1600
Birth Place: Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Sir Christopher Blount
1565–1601
Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of) Leicester
1543–1634
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys, KG, Sheriff of Hampshire, State) I
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Catherine Kate Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's) Privy
1524–1569
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Mary Stafford
1499–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Earl Essex's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 November 1566
Birth of Earl of Essex in Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
1600
25 February 1600
Age 34
Death of Earl of Essex in a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 November 1566
    Event Place: Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 February 1600
    Event Place: a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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