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2 de nov. de 2017 · Lettice Knollys c. 1541 - 1634. Described as ‘ one of the best-looking ladies of the court ’, the vivacious and charming Lettice Knollys was always going to turn heads. With a head full of flame red hair, dark eyes and a seductive curve of the mouth, Lettice was a true Tudor beauty. The daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and his wife Katherine ...
'Nicola Tallis, one of our great popular historians.' Alison WeirThe first biography of Lettice Knollys, one of the most prominent women of the Elizabethan era.Cousin to Elizabeth I - and very likely also Henry VIII's illegitimate granddaughter - Lettice Knollys had a life of dizzying highs and pitiful lows.
On the morning of Sunday 21st September 1578, between seven and eight o'clock, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Devereux (née Knollys), widow of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, at his house in Wanstead, Essex. Leicester's chaplain, Humphrey Tindall officiated, and the guests at this secret and private ceremony included Sir Francis Knollys, father of the bride; Richard Knollys ...
When Lettice Knollys was born on 8 November 1543, in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England, her father, Sir Francis Knollys I, was 29 and her mother, Lady Catherine Carey, was 19. She married Sir Walter Devereux in 1560, in England.
Lettice Knollys - The Tudor Royal Love Triangle During the Tudor Period, to get on the wrong side of the monarchy was something that you could pay for with your life.
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Lettice Knollys (1543-1634) Born: 6th November 1543 probably at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. Countess of Essex. 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 ...
Lady Lettice KNOLLYS 1540-1634 Married between September 21, 1577 and January 1, 1578 Julian, Wanstead,,,Essex,ENGLAND, to Sir Robert DUDLEY, 1st Earl of LEICESTER 1532-1588
