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Hace 4 días · Lettice Knollys (/ ˈ n oʊ l z / NOHLZ, sometimes latinized as Laetitia, alias Lettice Devereux or Lettice Dudley), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester (8 November 1543 – 25 December 1634), was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lady Penelope Rich.
Hace 4 días · Lettice Knollys was the wife of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth on her mother's side. Leicester had flirted with her in the summer of 1565, causing an outbreak of jealousy in the Queen. [115]
4 de jul. de 2024 · Lettice was the third of sixteen children born to Catherine Carey (Mary Boleyn’s daughter; maybe Henry VIII’s illegitimate daughter) and an average courtier named Sir Francis Knollys. I will now mention how interesting it is that Henry was so obsessed with having legitimate children.
29 de jun. de 2024 · Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Queen Elizabeth I. The events surrounding the annulment of Henry’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and his marriage to Anne led him to break with the Roman Catholic Church and brought about the English Reformation.
19 de jul. de 2024 · His marriage to Lettice Knollys had only recently been exposed and Elizabeth refused to let him into the same confidence he used to have. Each man squirmed in discomfort as Elizabeth’s piercing, watery gaze surveyed them each in turn.
19 de jul. de 2024 · 1584 – Death of three year-old Robert Dudley, Baron Denbigh, son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and his wife, Lettice, at Wanstead. He was laid to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Church, Warwick, and his tomb pays tribute to “the noble imp”.
Hace 4 días · Portrait of Lettice Knollys (c.1541-1634) Daughter of Sir Francis Knollys from 'Memoirs of the Court - Sarah Countess of Essex.
