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Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux 1539–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Sep 1539

Birth Location: Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death Date: 22 Sep 1576

Death Location: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Hastings

Spouse(s): Lady Knollys

Children(s): Dorothy Northumberland

Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux was born in 1539 in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the child of Sir Richard Devereux Knight And Lady Dorothy Hastings. Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux married Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Amp Leicester Knollys, and had children including Dorothy Dot Devereux Countess Of Northumberland. Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux passed away in 1576 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Biography

  • Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux was born in 1539 in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the child of Sir Richard Devereux Knight And Lady Dorothy Hastings.
  • Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux married Lady Lettice Countess Of Essex Amp Leicester Knollys, and had children including Dorothy Dot Devereux Countess Of Northumberland.
  • Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux passed away in 1576 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Walter Devereux's Ancestors

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Walter Devereux
1539–1576
Birth Place: Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Parents
Sir Richard Devereux, Knight
1516–1547
Chatterley, Staffordshire, England
Lady (Dorothy) Hastings
1520–1566
Huntington, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Walter (Devereaux Viscount van) Hereford
1488–1558
Chartley, Staffordshire
Mathilde Grey
1490–1534
Groby, Leicestershire
Lord (George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, 3rd Baron Hastings and 6th Baron) Botreaux
1489–1544
Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
Anne (Countess of Huntingdon) Stafford
1483–1544
Ashby, Leicestershire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter Devereux's Descendants

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Walter ((1st Earl of Essex)) Devereux (16 Sep 1539–22 Sep 1576) m. Lady (Lettice , Countess of Essex & Leicester) Knollys (8 November 1543–25 Dec 1634)
  1. 1. Dorothy ("Dot" Devereux Countess of) Northumberland 1564–1619 m. Henry (Percy II, 9th Earl of Northumberland) (Sir) 1564–1632
    1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Percy 1598–1659 m. Robert (Sydney, 2nd Earl of) Leicester 1595–1677
      1. 1. Dorothy ((Sacharissa) Sydney, Countess of Sunderland, Baroness Spencer of) Wormleighton 1617–1684 m. Henry (Spencer, 1st Earl of) Sunderland 1621–1683

Walter Devereux's Timeline

2 Records

1539
16 Sep 1539
Birth of Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
1576
22 Sep 1576
Age 37
Death of Walter (1st Earl of Essex) Devereux in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1539
    Event Place: Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 893

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1576
    Event Place: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 893

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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