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Sir Robert Essex Devereux 1566–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 November 1566

Birth Location: Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 February 1601

Death Location: Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Father: Walter Devereux

Mother: Lettice Dudley

Spouse(s): Elizabeth I, Frances Burgh

Children(s): Penelope Devereux, Henry Devereux, Frances Seymour, Walter Devereux, Robert Devereux, Dorothy Shirley, Walter Devereux

In 1566, Sir Robert Essex Devereux entered the world in Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Devereux And Lettice Dudley. Sir Robert Essex Devereux married Elizabeth I, Frances De Burgh, and had children including Dorothy Shirley, Frances Seymour, Henry Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Devereux, Walter Devereux. Sir Robert Essex Devereux passed away in 1601 in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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  • In 1566, Sir Robert Essex Devereux entered the world in Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Devereux And Lettice Dudley.
  • Sir Robert Essex Devereux married Elizabeth I, Frances De Burgh, and had children including Dorothy Shirley, Frances Seymour, Henry Devereux, Penelope Devereux, Robert Devereux, Walter Devereux.
  • Sir Robert Essex Devereux passed away in 1601 in Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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Sir Devereux's Ancestors

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Sir Devereux
1566–1601
Birth Place: Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Devereux
1539–1576
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Lettice Dudley
1543–1634
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Devereux's Descendants

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Sir (Robert Essex) Devereux (19 November 1566–25 February 1601) m. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533–24 March 1603) m. Frances (de) Burgh (1567–17 February 1632)
  1. 1. Penelope Devereux –1599
  2. 2. Henry Devereux 1595–1596
  3. 3. Frances Seymour 1599–1674
  4. 4. Walter Devereux 1591–1641
  5. 5. Robert Devereux 1591–1646
  6. 6. Dorothy Shirley 1600–1636
  7. 7. Walter Devereux 1592–1592

Sir Devereux's Timeline

2 Records

1566
19 November 1566
Birth of Sir Robert Essex Devereux in Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Netherwood, Herefordshire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
1601
25 February 1601
Age 35
Death of Sir Robert Essex Devereux in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 February 1601
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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