Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles),, Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester^[1]

1543 - 1634  (91 years)

• Name	Lady Laetitia "Lettice" Knollys (Knowles),
  Suffix	Chief Lady of the Bedchamber (Royal Lady in Waiting), Viscountess of Hereford, 1st Countess of Essex, Countess of Leicester
  Birth	8 Nov 1543	Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Dec 1634	Drayton Bassett, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
  Person ID	I322324135788	Hurst Improbable Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir Lord Francis I "The Elder" Knollys, KG, Sheriff of Hampshire, Statesman, English Courtier, Privy Councillor, 2nd Lord of La War,, Custodian of Wallingford Castle, High Treasurer of The Royal Household, Member of Parliament, Governor of Plymouth,   b. 1514, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England d. 19 Jul 1596, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lady Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber,,   b. 19 May 1524, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 15 Jan 1569, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1544	Hereford, Herefordshire, , England
  Family ID	F828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sir Lord Robert "Robin" Dudley, Knight of Bath, Knight of the Order of Saint Michael, Knight of the Garter, Master of the Horse, Lord Steward of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor,,   b. 24 Jun 1532, Sheen Place, Sheen, Surrey, England d. 4 Sep 1588, Cornbury Park, Cornbury, Oxfordshire, England (Age 56 years)
  Children	1. Robert Dudley,   b. 1579, England d. 19 July 1584, England (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Sir Robert Mayor Leicester Dudley Newcastle,   b. 1540, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England d. 7 May 1613, Newcastle, Northumberland, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1558	Wanstead, Warwickshire, England
  Children	1. Francis Sutton (Dudley),   b. 1560, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England d. 6 Apr 1634, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family 3	Walter Devereux, First Earl of Essex; Second Viscount Hereford,   b. 16 Sep 1539, Devereux Castle, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales d. 22 Sep 1576, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1558	Sheen, Surrey, England
  Married	1564	Nethwood, Herefordshire, England
  Children	1. Mary Devereaux, Lady,   b. 1561   d. 3 Aug 1619, Petworth, Sussex, England (Age 58 years)   2. Dame Penelope Devereux of Stowe-by-Chartley,, 1st Countess of Warwick,   b. Jan 1563, Chartley Castle, Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire, England d. 7 Jul 1607, London, England (Age 44 years)   3. Dorothy "Dot" Devereux,, Lady,   b. 1564, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England d. 3 Aug 1619, Petworth, Sussex, England (Age 55 years)   4. Sir Lord Robert Devereux,, Knight of the Garter, Lord of Devereux, 2nd Earl Essex,   b. 19 Nov 1566, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England d. 25 Feb 1601, Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (Age 34 years)   5. Earl of Essex,   b. 19 Nov 1566, Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 25 Feb 1600, a favourite of Queen, Elizabeth, Virginia, United States (Age 33 years)   6. Robert Dudley, Lord,   b. Nov. 10, 1567, Sheen, Surrey, England d. 19 Jul 1583, Wanstead, Sussex, England (Age 16 years)   7. Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex,   b. 10 Nov 1567, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England d. 25 Feb 1601, Tower Hill, Londen, England (Age 33 years)   8. Elizabeth Leighton,   b. 1568, Feckenham, Worcestershire, England d. 12 Jan 1633 (Age 65 years)   9. Walter Devereux, Sir,   b. 1569, Gravesend, Kent, England d. 1591, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 22 years)   10. Walter William Devereaux, Viscount Hereford Gilliam,   b. 12 Jun 1570, Chartley, Staffordshire, England d. 8 Sep 1591, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 21 years)   11. Francis Devereux, Lord,   b. 1571, Chartley, Staffordshire, England d. 1572, Chartley Hall, Chartley, Staffordshire, England (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F3692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family 4	Sir Christopher Blount,   b. 1555, Kidderminster, Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire, England d. 18 March 1601, Executed at the Tower of London, Tower Hill England , London, London, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1589	Berkshire, England
  Children	1. Sarah Blount, Countess Leicester,   b. 1582, Ostenhauger Castle, Kent, England d. 12 Mar 1655, Windle Hill Manor, Sutton on the Hill, Burton-upon-Trent, Appletree, South Derbyshire, East Midlands (Age 73 years)   2. Sir Charles Blount,   b. 1589, Wanstead, Warwickshire, England d. 1589, infant death (Age 0 years)   3. James Blount of the Astley Blounts,   b. Abt 1591, Astley, Worcestershire, England d. 3 Sept 1651, Astley, Worcestershire, England (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2022

  
  

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  [S-2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.