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Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys 1543–1634 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 November 1543

Birth Location: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 25 Dec 1634

Death Location: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England

Father: Sir Knollys

Mother: Lady Carey

Spouse(s): Walter Devereux

Children(s): Dorothy Northumberland

Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine The Illegitimate Tudor Carey. Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys married Walter 1St Earl Of Essex Devereux, and had children including Dorothy Dot Devereux Countess Of Northumberland. Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys passed away in 1634 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine The Illegitimate Tudor Carey.
  • Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys married Walter 1St Earl Of Essex Devereux, and had children including Dorothy Dot Devereux Countess Of Northumberland.
  • Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys passed away in 1634 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Knollys's Ancestors

Self
Lady Knollys
1543–1634
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine ("The Illegitimate Tudor")) Carey
1524–1568
Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Knollys
1481–1521
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Katherine Lettice Pennyston) (Peniston)
1481–1558
Hawridge, Buckinghamshire, England
Sir (William Carey of) Aldenham
1491–1528
Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Catherine) Boleyn
1498–1543
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Garter
1460–1536
Lady Spencer
1472–1536
Sir Boleyn
1501–1588
Elizabeth Howard
1506–1534
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Boleyn
1449–1505
Margaretha (Ormond)
1454–1540
Thomas Howard
1443–1524

Lady Knollys's Descendants

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Lady (Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester) Knollys (8 November 1543–25 Dec 1634) m. Walter ((1st Earl of Essex)) Devereux (16 Sep 1539–22 Sep 1576)
  1. 1. Dorothy ("Dot" Devereux Countess of) Northumberland 1564–1619 m. Henry (Percy II, 9th Earl of Northumberland) (Sir) 1564–1632
    1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Percy 1598–1659 m. Robert (Sydney, 2nd Earl of) Leicester 1595–1677
      1. 1. Dorothy ((Sacharissa) Sydney, Countess of Sunderland, Baroness Spencer of) Wormleighton 1617–1684 m. Henry (Spencer, 1st Earl of) Sunderland 1621–1683

Lady Knollys's Timeline

2 Records

1543
8 November 1543
Birth of Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
1634
25 Dec 1634
Age 91
Death of Lady Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester Knollys in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 November 1543
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1634
    Event Place: Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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