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Devereux was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys. His maternal great-grandmother Mary Boleyn was a sister of Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, making him a first-cousin-twice-removed of the queen.
Earl of Essex (1565–1601), ⚭ 1590 Frances Walsingham, Witwe des Sir Philip Sidney; Hon. Walter Devereux (1570–1591). Seit seiner Eheschließung bewohnte er das Anwesen Chartley Manor in Staffordshire als seinen Familiensitz. Im Jahr 1568 stellte er eine Kavallerieabteilung auf, um die Rettung von Maria Stuart, Königin von Schottland, zu ...
Walter Devereux, 1 er comte d'Essex, né le 16 septembre 1541 et mort le 22 septembre 1576, est un aristocrate et général anglais. De 1573 jusqu'à sa mort, il a combattu en Irlande dans le cadre des plantations en Irlande , où il a ordonné le massacre de l' île de Rathlin .
13 de dic. de 2021 · Sir Walter Devereux 1st Earl of Essex may not be as (in)famous as Sir Arthur Chichester, the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell or King William of Orange amongst those to visit Ireland and leave an indelible historical mark on the land, but he certainly deserves a mention. Obviously from an aristocratic line, Sir Walter was among the
Sir Walter Devereux (1591–26 July 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1641. Walter was a close companion of his half-brother, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex , and played a significant role in Essex's actions on behalf of Parliament.
Walter Devereux succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hereford in 1558, and in 1561 or 1562 married Lettice, dau. of Sir Francis Knollys. In 1569 he served as high marshal of the field under the Earl of Warwick and Lord Clinton , and materially assisted them in suppressing the northern insurrection .
A ruthless adventurer, Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, undertook to conquer and colonise Ulster on behalf of England in 1573. All previous attempts had failed, and after two years of treacherous dealings against the Irish and the Scots living in Ulster, he was recalled to England. Before leaving, Essex carried out his most notorious act, a ...
