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Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester 1543–1634 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 November 1543

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

Death Date: 25 December 1634

Death Location: Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Francis Knollys

Mother: Lady I

Spouse(s): Sir Newcastle

Children(s): Francis (Dudley)

Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Francis Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Knollys Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I. Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester married Sir Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle, and had children including Francis Sutton Dudley. Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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  • Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester was born in 1543 in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Francis Knollys And Lady Mary Catherine Kate The Illegitimate Tudor Knollys Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I.
  • Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester married Sir Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle, and had children including Francis Sutton Dudley.
  • Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Children(s)

Lady Leicester's Ancestors

Self
Lady Leicester
1543–1634
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Francis Knollys
1514–1596
Rotherfield Grey, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine 'Kate, The Illegitimate Tudor,' Knollys Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth) I
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Henry (Tudor, King Henry the VIII, King of England, Lord\King of Ireland Primo 6th) 12xremoved
1491–1547
Greenwich, Kent, England
Catherine (Parr Queen of England and Ireland 6th Wife) 1543-1557
1512–1557
36, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Henry Richmond
1457–1509
Elizabeth ⭐️
1465–1503
SIR Sheriff
1502–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Richmond
1430–1456
Lady Derby
1443–1509
King ⭐️
1442–1493
Elizabeth Brown
1444–1492

Lady Leicester's Descendants

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Lady (Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of) Leicester (8 November 1543–25 December 1634) m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle (1540–7 May 1613)
  1. 1. Francis (Sutton) (Dudley) 1560–1634 m. Isabell Campion 1580–1622
    1. 1. John DUDLEY 1602–1685 m. 12. (Ellen) Gilbey 1604–1656
      1. 1. Francis Dudley 1639–1684 m. Elinor Gilbey 1635–1689
        1. 1. Lord (Edward) Dudley 1664–1704 m. Katherine Walton 1663–
        2. 2. lidia (Dudley) Snr 1661–1676

Lady Leicester's Timeline

5 Records

1543
8 November 1543
Birth of Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester in Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1561
1561
Age 18
Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester was married in Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1578
21 September 1578
Age 35
Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester was married in Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1589
July 1589
Age 46
Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester was married in Berkshire, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Berkshire, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
1634
25 December 1634
Age 91
Death of Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester in Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 November 1543
    Event Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1561
    Event Place: Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 September 1578
    Event Place: Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: July 1589
    Event Place: Berkshire, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1634
    Event Place: Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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