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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: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England

Father: Sir I

Mother: Lady Privy

Spouse(s): Sir Blount, Sir Devereux,, Sir Newcastle, Roger Capt

Children(s): James Blounts, Sir Blount, Francis Devereaux, Robert Devereaux, Lady Northumber, Lady Devereux,, Penelope Devereux, Sir Devereux,, Walter Devereux, Walter Devereux, Robert Dudley, Robert Dudley, Earl Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Dorothy Percy, 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 Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys Kg Sheriff Of Hampshire State I And Lady Mary Catherine Kate Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy. Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester married Roger Dudley Capt, Sir Christopher Blount, Sir Lord Walter Devereux, Sir Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle, and had children including Dorothy Percy, Earl Of Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Francis Devereaux, Francis Sutton Dudley, James Blount Of The Astley Blounts, Lady Dorothy Devereux Percy Countess Of Northumber, Lady Penelope Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Aka Dudley Devereaux, Robert Deveraux Dudley, Robert Dudley, Sir Charles Blount, Sir Lord Robert Devereux, Walter Devereux. Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • 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 Sir Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys Kg Sheriff Of Hampshire State I And Lady Mary Catherine Kate Carey Cary Lady Of The Queen S Privy.
  • Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester married Roger Dudley Capt, Sir Christopher Blount, Sir Lord Walter Devereux, Sir Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle, and had children including Dorothy Percy, Earl Of Essex, Elizabeth Leighton, Francis Devereaux, Francis Sutton Dudley, James Blount Of The Astley Blounts, Lady Dorothy Devereux Percy Countess Of Northumber, Lady Penelope Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Aka Dudley Devereaux, Robert Deveraux Dudley, Robert Dudley, Sir Charles Blount, Sir Lord Robert Devereux, Walter Devereux.
  • Lady Laetitia Lettice Viscountess of Hereford Knollys Knowles Countess of Leicester passed away in 1634 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

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Lady Leicester's Ancestors

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Lady Leicester
1543–1634
Birth Place: Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
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
Grandparents
Mary (Carey) Stafford
1499–1543
Blickling, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

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 (Christopher) Blount (1565–18 March 1601) m. Sir (Lord Walter) Devereux, (16 September 1539–22 September 1576) m. Sir (Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley) Newcastle (1540–7 May 1613) m. Roger (Dudley) Capt (1535–22 September 1586)
  1. 1. James (Blount of The Astley) Blounts 1591–1651
  2. 2. Sir (Charles) Blount 1589–1589
  3. 3. Francis Devereaux 1571–1572
  4. 4. Robert (Aka Dudley) Devereaux 1565–1601
  5. 5. Lady (Dorothy (Devereux) Percy. Countess of) Northumber 1564–1619
  6. 6. Lady (Penelope) Devereux, 1563–1607
  7. 7. Penelope Devereux 1563–1607
  8. 8. Sir (Lord Robert) Devereux, 1566–1601
  9. 9. Walter Devereux 1569–1591
  10. 10. Walter Devereux 1570–1591
  11. 11. Robert (Deveraux) Dudley 1555–1590
  12. 12. Robert Dudley 1579–1584
  13. 13. Earl (of) Essex 1566–1600
  14. 14. Elizabeth Leighton 1568–1633
  15. 15. Dorothy Percy 1561–1619
  16. 16. Francis (Sutton) (Dudley) 1560–1634

Lady Leicester's Timeline

4 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
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
Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England

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: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1561
    Event Place: Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 September 1578
    Event Place: Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1634
    Event Place: Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England

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