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ROBERT DEVEREUX

SIR ROBERT DEVEREUX
ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND EARL OF ESSEX 

 

BIRTH:  10 Nov 1565; Netherwood near Bromyard, Herefordshire
MARRIAGE:  1590
DEATH:  25 Feb 1601; Tower of London
BURIAL: Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
walterdevereux

SIR WALTER DEVEREUX

1st Earl of Essex

1541-1576

letticeknollys

LETTICE KNOLLYS

Countess of Essex
Countess of Leicester
[Devereux/Dudley/Blount]

1543-1634

SIBLINGS:
penelopedev

PENELOPE DEVEREUX

Lady Rich [Rich]
Countess of Devonshire [Blount]

1563-1607

male

FRANCIS DEVEREUX

.

died in infancy

dorothydev

DOROTHY DEVEREUX

Countess of Northumberland

[Perrott/Percy]

1564-1619

male

SIR WALTER DEVEREUX

.

1569-1591

(HALF-BROTHER FROM MOTHER LETTICE KNOLLYS' MARRIAGE TO ROBERT DUDLEY):
denbigh

ROBERT DUDLEY

Lord Denbigh
"Noble Impe"

1581-1584

SPOUSE:
franceswalsingham

FRANCES WALSINGHAM

Countess of Essex
Countess of Clanricarde
[Sidney/Devereux/Burke]

1567-1633

CHILDREN:
robertdevereuxjr

ROBERT DEVEREUX

3rd Earl of Essex

 

1591-1646

female

LADY DOROTHY DEVEREUX

.

 

??

francesdevereux

FRANCES DEVEREUX

Duchess of Somerset

[Seymour]

1599-1674

(FROM AFFAIR WITH MISTRESS ELIZABETH SOUTHWELL): 
male

SIR WALTER DEVEREUX

.

1591-1641

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