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Countess of Leicester. Die d: 25th December 1634 at Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire. Lettice Knollys was born in 1543, almost certainly at Greys Court at Rotherfield Greys in Oxfordshire. Her father, Sir Francis Knollys, later became Treasurer of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, a Knight of the Garter and a wise counsellor to his monarch.
30 de oct. de 2022 · Anne West, Lady De La Warr (née Knollys) (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Anne Knollys was the third daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, Treasurer of the Royal Household (1514–1596) to Queen Elizabeth I, and his wife Lady Catherine Carey. Her maternal grandparents were Sir William Carey ...
Arms of Sir Francis Knollys, encircled in the belt of the Order of the Garter. Sir Francis Knollys, KG of Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire (c. 1511/c. 1514 – 19 July 1596) was an English courtier in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, and was a Member of Parliament for a number of constituencies.
Elizabeth remarried shortly after Knollys' death to Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden. There is some debate as to whether Elizabeth's two sons, Edward (1627–1645) and Nicholas (1631–1674) (titular 2nd and 3rd Earls respectively), were William's offspring, as her first son was born when William was 80 years old and after more than 20 years of marriage.
17 de may. de 2020 · Elizabeth Knollys was born in 1549. She was the daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Katherine Carey. 1 She married Sir Thomas Leighton, son of John Leighton and Joyce Sutton, in 1578. 1,3 From 1578, her married name became Leighton. 1
Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen. Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham in Worcestershire in 1578. He served as ...
Elizabeth's Rival The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester Nicola Tallis. Keynote The first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era, also examines the relationship between Elizabeth and Lettice's husband, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, within the context of his third marriage.
