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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.
The inclusion of a tiny five-pointed star (stella) in this woman’s hair suggests that this may be a portrait of Penelope, Lady Rich, thought to have been the inspiration for Stella in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella.
When Lady Penelope Devereux was born in January 1563, in Staffordshire, England, her father, Sir Walter Devereux, was 23 and her mother, Lettice Knollys, was 19. She married Sir Robert Rich II on 10 January 1581. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 July 1607, in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom ...
B14 Here lyes the Lady Penelope Rich. Notes. Penelope Rich, separated from Lord Robert Rich and then illegally married to Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire, died in July 1607. The final two lines of this poem are sometimes found independently, which might suggest that an unspecifically bawdy couplet was appropriated for application to Penelope ...
Brief Life History of Isabella. When Lady Isabella Rich was born in January 1595, in Strand on the Green, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Robert Rich II, was 35 and her mother, Lady Penelope Devereux, was 32. She married Sir John Smythe in October 1618. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
When Lady Essex Rich was born in 1585, in Pirgo, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Robert Rich II, was 26 and her mother, Lady Penelope Devereux, was 22. She married Sir Thomas Cheke in 1609, in Pirgo, Essex, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 15 July 1658, in St Albans, Hertfordshire ...
Lady Frances Rich was born in 1618, in London, England as the daughter of Lord Henry Rich I and Countess Isabel Cope. She married Sir William Paget 5th Baron Paget on 28 June 1632, in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 12 November 1672, in her hometown, at the age ...
