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28 de abr. de 2007 · Penelope, wife to the aptly-named Lord Rich, narrowly evaded punishment, primarily because her lover, Lord Mountjoy, commanded the army in Ireland. More often remembered as the court beauty who inspired Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella, Penelope was, as Sally Varlow demonstrates here, a key political figure at the Elizabethan court.
PENELOPE RICH, Lady (c. 1562-1607), the Stella of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella, was the daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex. She was a child of fourteen when Sir Philip Sidney accompanied the queen on a visit to Lady Essex in 1576, on her way from Kenilworth, and must have been frequently thrown into the society of Sidney, in consequence of the many ties between the two ...
Brief Life History of Robert. When Sir Robert Rich 2nd Earl of Warwick was born on 5 June 1587, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Robert Rich II, was 27 and his mother, Lady Penelope Devereux, was 24. He married Lady Frances Hatton Countess of Warwick on 12 February 1604, in Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom.
Child: Penelope RICH Birth: 1590; Child: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of HOLLAND Birth: ABT 19 Aug 1590, Stratford-le-Bow, Midx. Partnership with: Charles Blount, 8th Lord MOUNTJOY 1594-, Earl of Devon -1604-Marriage: 26 Dec 1605, Wanstead, Essex. Child: Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of NEWPORT Birth: ABT 1597; Ancestors of Penelope DEVEREUX , Lady Rich
This punning libellous epitaph alludes to Devonshire’s scandalous illegal marriage to his longtime mistress Penelope Rich, wife of Robert, Lord Rich. In 1605 an ecclesiatical court had granted Lord and Lady Rich a formal separation on the grounds of her adultery. Penelope Rich married Devonshire almost immediately thereafter; however, the ...
Penelope Rich, Lady, 1562–1607, the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later earl of Warwick); after a divorce she married (1605) the earl of Devonshire.
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount (née Devereux; January 1563 – 7 July 1607) was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and is traditionally thought to be the inspiration for "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella sonnet sequence ...
