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Robert Devereux 1566–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 November 1566

Birth Location: Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 January 1601

Death Location: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England

Father: Walter Iii

Mother: Lettice Knollys

Spouse(s): Frances Essex

Children(s): Frances Devereux, Robert Devereux, Dorothy Devereux

In 1566, Robert Devereux entered the world in Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Iii 3 Sir Lord Devereux Devereaux Viscount Hereford 1St Earl Of Essex Iii And Lettice Knollys. Robert Devereux married Frances De Burgh Countess Of Essex, and had children including Dorothy Devereux, Frances Devereux, Robert Devereux. Robert Devereux passed away in 1601 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

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  • In 1566, Robert Devereux entered the world in Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Iii 3 Sir Lord Devereux Devereaux Viscount Hereford 1St Earl Of Essex Iii And Lettice Knollys.
  • Robert Devereux married Frances De Burgh Countess Of Essex, and had children including Dorothy Devereux, Frances Devereux, Robert Devereux.
  • Robert Devereux passed away in 1601 in Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England.

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Robert Devereux's Ancestors

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Robert Devereux
1566–1601
Birth Place: Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter III 3, Sir Lord Devereux Devereaux, Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex, Iii
1539–1576
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Lettice Knollys
1540–1634
Rotherfield Greys, Owfordshire, Gb
Grandparents
Lady (Dorothea "The Virtuous" Hastings) (Devereux)
1520–1566
Huntington, Herefordshire, England
Richard Devereaux
1510–1547
Chartley, Staffordshire
Sir (Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of The Garter, Sheriff) O
1514–1596
Grays, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Katherine) Cary
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Botreaux)
1500–1544
Anne Stafford
1483–
Walter Devereux
1488–1558
Lady Grey
1491–1922
Katherine Pennyston
1500–1558
Sir Aldenham
1500–1528
Lady Stafford
1499–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Hastings
1466–1506
Mary Hungerford
1467–1533
Sir O
1514–1596
Alice GGM
1451–1557
Thomas Foliat
1460–1536
Margaret Spencer
1472–1536
Thomas Boleyn
1477–1539
Elizabeth Howard
1480–1538

Robert Devereux's Descendants

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Robert Devereux (19 November 1566–25 January 1601) m. Frances (de Burgh Countess of) Essex (1567–17 February 1632)
  1. 1. Frances Devereux 1599–1674 m. Willem (Seymour Hertog van) Somerset 1587–1660
    1. 1. Robert Seymour 1622–1646
    2. 2. Frances Seymour 1625–1681
    3. 3. William (Beauchamp) Seymour 1621–1642
    4. 4. Henry (Lord Beauchamp Seymour, Baron Beauchamp) of 1626–1653
    5. 5. John (Somerset Seymour, 4th Duke of) Somerset 1632–1675
    6. 6. Arabella Seymour 1618–1684
    7. 7. Lady (Jane) Seymour 1637–1679
    8. 8. William (of) Somerset 1654–1671
    9. 9. Mary Seymour –1672
  2. 2. Robert Devereux 1590–1646
  3. 3. Dorothy Devereux 1600–1636 m. Henry Shirley 1596–1633
    1. 1. Lettice Shirley 1619–1655
    2. 2. Robert Shirley 1621–1656
    3. 3. Charles Shirley 1623–1646

Robert Devereux's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 November 1566
Birth of Robert Devereux in Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1601
25 January 1601
Age 35
Death of Robert Devereux in Tower Hill, Tower of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Tower Hill, Tower of London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 November 1566
    Event Place: Nethewood, Hereford, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 January 1601
    Event Place: Tower Hill, Tower of London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Warwick, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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