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Sir Walter Devereux 1536–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1536

Birth Location: Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales

Death Date: 22 Sep 1576

Death Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Father: Sir (MP)

Mother: Lady Hastings

Spouse(s): Lettice Knollys

Children(s): Lord Essex), Walter Devereux, Lady Northumberland), Penelope Devereux

The story of Sir Walter Devereux began in 1536 in Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales. Sir Walter Devereux married Lettice Latisha Knollys, and had children including Lady Dorothy Devereux Countess Of Northumberland, Lord Robert Devereux 2Nd Earl Of Essex, Penelope Devereux, Walter Devereux. Sir Walter Devereux passed away in 1576 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Walter Devereux began in 1536 in Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales.
  • Sir Walter Devereux married Lettice Latisha Knollys, and had children including Lady Dorothy Devereux Countess Of Northumberland, Lord Robert Devereux 2Nd Earl Of Essex, Penelope Devereux, Walter Devereux.
  • Sir Walter Devereux passed away in 1576 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Devereux's Ancestors

Self
Sir Devereux
1536–1576
Birth Place: Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales
Parents
Sir Richard Devereux (MP)
1510–1547
England
Lady (Dorothy) Hastings
1510–1538
Huntington, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Walter (Devereaux Van Hereford) (Viscount)
1488–1558
Chartley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mathilde Grey
1490–1538
Groby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
George Hastings
1489–1544
Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Anne Stafford
1483–1544
England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Hungerford)
1466–1506
Lady Hungerford
1468–1533
Sir Stafford
1454–1483
Duchess (Wydeville)
1458–1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hastings
1431–1483
Catherine Neville
1442–1504
Thomas Hungerford
1437–1469
Anne Percy
1436–1522
Sir Ports)
1402–1460
Margaret Jorkietė
1443–1509
Sir (Wydeville)
1412–1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1416–1492

Sir Devereux's Descendants

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Sir (Walter) Devereux (1536–22 Sep 1576) m. Lettice (Latisha) Knollys (8 NOV 1543–25 Dec 1634)
  1. 1. Lord (Robert Devereux (2nd Earl of) Essex) 1566–1601 m. Lady (Frances Walsingham (Countess Consort of Essex &) Clanricarde) 1567–1627
    1. 1. Lady (Frances Devereux (Duchess of Somerset & Countess of) Hertford) 1599–1674
  2. 2. Walter Devereux 1569–1591
  3. 3. Lady (Dorothy Devereux (Countess of) Northumberland) 1564–1619 m. Lord (Henry Percy Of Leicester (9th Earl of) Northumberland) 1564–1632
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Percy 1584–
    2. 2. Lord (Algernon Charles Percy (10th Earl of) Northumberland) 1602–1668 m. Lady (Elizabeth Howard (Countess of) Northumberland) 1612–1637 m. Rebecca (Underhill) Willoughby 1612–1637
      1. 1. Elizabeth Percy 1644–1670
    3. 3. Lady (Lucy Percy (Countess of) Carlisle) 1599–1660
    4. 4. Penelope Percy 1584–1654
    5. 5. Lady (Eleanor) Percy 1595–1677
    6. 6. Sir (Henry Percy (Lord of) Alnwick) 1596–1704
    7. 7. Lord (George) Percy 1580–1632
    8. 8. Lady (Dorothy Percy of) Leicester 1598–1659
      1. 1. Dorothy ((Sacharissa) Sydney, (Countess of Sunderland, Baroness Spencer of) Wormleighton) 1617–1683 m. Henry (Spencer (1st Earl of Sunderland, 3rd Baron Spencer of) Wormleighton) 1620–1643
        1. 1. Lord (Robert Spencer (Lord Spencer van) Wormleighton) 1640–1702 m. Lady (Diana Anne) Digby 1637–1715
        2. 2. Dorothy Spencer 1640–1670
        3. 3. Penelope Spencer 1644–1642
        4. 4. Henry Spencer 1643–1649
        5. 5. George Spencer 1633–1695
    9. 9. John Percy 1599–1666
    10. 10. JAMES PERCY 1590–1600
    11. 11. ROBERT PERCY 1586–1597
    12. 12. Lord (Henry Alnwick) Percy 1604–1704
  4. 4. Penelope Devereux 1563–1607

Sir Devereux's Timeline

4 Records

1536
16 Sep 1536
Birth of Sir Walter Devereux in Devereux Castle, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Devereux Castle, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
1536
1536
Birth of Sir Walter Devereux in Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales
Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales
1576
22 Sep 1576
Age 40
Death of Sir Walter Devereux in Devereux Castle, Dublin, Carnarthenshire, Wales
Devereux Castle, Dublin, Carnarthenshire, Wales
1576
22 Sep 1576
Age 40
Death of Sir Walter Devereux in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1536
    Event Place: Devereux Castle, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1536
    Event Place: Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1576
    Event Place: Devereux Castle, Dublin, Carnarthenshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1576
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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