#OTD 25 Dec 1634 #LetticeKnollys died

Mary Boleyn's granddaughter & so cousin to #ElizabethI

She & 1st husband Walter Devereux had 5 children, including Elizabeth's later favourite, Robert!

Widowed in 1576, 2yrs later she wed Queen's favourite #RobertDudley
#history
#Tudor
#Elizabethan

#OTD
25th December 1634
Lettice Knollys, Lady Blount, died at the age of ninety-one at her home at Drayton Bassett.
She was buried beside her second husband, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Church.

#LetticeKnollys #Tudors #History

#OTD 10 Nov 1565

#LetticeKnollys gave birth to #RobertDevereux who, in the 1580s, would become a favourite of #ElizabethI as had his stepfather #RobertDudley
Devereux became Earl of Essex aged 11 & was raised by his guardian, #SirWilliamCecil Elizabeth’s most trusted minister
#Elizabethan
#History

Attributed to #GeorgeGower (1540–1596)
Portrait of #LetticeKnollys (1543-1634), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1585
Longleat, Collection of the Marquess of Bath
#Knollys #Devereux #Dudley #Blount #Tudor

Nicholas #Hilliard (1547–1619)
Portrait of #LetticeKnollys (1543-1634), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1590-95
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
#Knollys #Devereux #Dudley #Blount #Tudor

Nicholas #Hilliard (1547–1619)
Portrait of a Lady thought to be #LetticeKnollys (1543-1634), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1580s
#Knollys #Devereux #Dudley #Blount #Tudor

#OTD 8 Nov 1543

#LetticeKnollys, granddaughter of #MaryBoleyn was born at Rotherfield Greys
Serving cousin #ElizabethI she'd marry 3 times
1st Walter Devereux
2nd Elizabeth’s favourite #RobertDudley incurring her wrath resulting in her banishment
Finally Sir Christopher Blount
#History
#Elizabethan

#OTD
8th November 1543
Lettice Knollys was born at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire to Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey

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#LetticeKnollys #CountessofEssex #CountessofLeicester #LadyBlount #Tudor #History

Lettice Knollys: Recommended Reading Some recommended books which cover various periods of Lettice's life, often in the context of events involving other infamous Tudor figures, including her kinswoman and rival Queen Elizabeth I.

'Lettice Knollys: Recommended Reading' #Tudors #History

#LetticeKnollys lived a full and eventful life, dying aged 91 in 1634; she outlived her three husbands and children, including her third husband Sir Christopher Blount and eldest son #RobertDevereux, both of whom were executed in 1601.

#OTD 10 Oct 1588

#RobertDudley was buried at St Marys Warwick

#ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death

His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him in 1635

#OTD 21 Sept 1578

#RobertDudley secretly married #LetticeKnollys #ElizabethI's #lookalike cousin & widow of Walter Devereux

Robert, the Queens favourite took a huge risk in marrying without royal permission

Lettice, who Elizabeth nicknamed the “she-wolf” was banished from Court

Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh: "The Noble Impe" On 19 July 1584, Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh, son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, long time 'favourite' of Elizabeth I, and his wife Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, died suddenly whil...

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'Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh: "The Noble Impe"

Discussing the short life, death and burial of the only legitimate child of #RobertDudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and his wife #LetticeKnollys, Countess of Leicester, who died #otd in 1584.

#OTD
7th July 1607
Penelope Devereux died at Westminster.

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#PenelopeDevereux #PenelopeRich #PenelopeBlount #MaryBoleyn #LetticeKnollys #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History

The Marriage of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester, and Sir Christopher Blount, c.July 1589 Exact details of their marriage are unconfirmed, but it is believed the couple were married around July 1589.

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'The Marriage of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester and Sir Christopher Blount, c.July 1589'

Discussing the marriage of the recently widowed #LetticeKnollys, widow of #RobertDudley, to his Master of Horse, #ChristopherBlount.

Sir Christopher Blount (c.1555-18 Mar 1601) Sir Christopher Blount, born c.1555, was the second son of Thomas Blount of Kidderminster (c.1525-1568) and his wife Margery Poley; he appears to have been one of five children, as demonstrated by the...

#OTD in 1601, Sir Christopher Blount, husband of #LetticeKnollys, Countess of Leicester, was executed on Tower Hill, after being found guilty of high treason for his role in the failed coup 'Essex's Rebellion'. #tudors

#OTD 25 Dec 1634 #LetticeKnollys died aged 91

#MaryBoleyn's granddaughter & so cousin to #ElizabethI

She & 1st husband Walter Devereux had 5 children, including Elizabeth's later favourite, Robert!

Widowed in 1576, 2yrs later she wed Queen's favourite #RobertDudley Lord Leycester

#OTD
25th December 1634
Lettice Knollys, granddaughter of Mary Boleyn & a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, died at the age of 91 at her home at Drayton Bassett.

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#LetticeKnollys #CountessofEssex #CountessofLeicester #LadyBlount #Boleyn #Tudors #History

#OTD 10 Nov 1565

#LetticeKnollys gave birth to #RobertDevereux who, in the 1580s, would become a favourite of #ElizabethI as had his stepfather #RobertDudley

Devereux became Earl of Essex aged 11 & was raised by his guardian, #SirWilliamCecil Elizabeth’s most trusted minister

#OTD 8 Nov 1543

#LetticeKnollys, granddaughter of #MaryBoleyn was born at Rotherfield Greys

Serving her cousin #ElizabethI she'd marry 3 times
1st Walter Devereux
2nd Elizabeth’s favourite #RobertDudley incurring her wrath resulting in her banishment!
Finally Sir Christopher Blount

#OTD 10 Oct 1588

#RobertDudley was buried at St Mary, Warwick

When told, #ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death

His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him when she died in 1635

#OTD 21 Sept 1578

#RobertDudley secretly married #LetticeKnollys Walter Devereux‘s widow & #ElizabethI's #lookalike cousin

Robert, the Queens favourite took a huge risk in marrying without royal permission, he was forgiven but Lettice, who Elizabeth nicknamed the “she-wolf” was banished from Court

#OTD 25 Dec 1634
#LetticeKnollys died
#MaryBoleyn's granddaughter & cousin to #ElizabethI, s he & 1st husband Walter Devereux had 5 children, including Elizabeth's later favourite, Robert!
Widowed in 1576, 2yrs later she wed Queen's favourite #RobertDudley
youtu.be/_lx7zTLTfKM

#History
#Tudor

#OTD 10 Nov 1565

#LetticeKnollys gave birth to #RobertDevereux who, in the 1580s, would become a favourite of #ElizabethI

He became Earl of Essex aged 11 & was raised by his guardian, #SirWilliamCecil Elizabeth’s most trusted minister

Lettice tells her story: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Happy Birthday to Lady Lettice Knollys, born #onthisday 8th Nov 1543 at Rotherfield Greys. (She was mother to subjects of two books in my Elizabethan Series, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and Baroness Penelope Rich.)

#letticeknollys #Tudors