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The lack of adequate means was probably the principal cause that Devereux fell back on the generosity and hospitality of his half-brother, Robert, 3rd earl of Essex, who had naturally acquired the lion’s share of his family’s estates when these had been restored by Parliament in 1604.
ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2nd earl of Essex and 3rd viscount Hereford (1567 - 1601) Son of the 1st earl, was born in Herefordshire but at 15 went to live at Lamphey, then in the occupation of his uncle Sir George (above), from whose household he took Rhys Prichard , as his chaplain and Gelly Meyrick (see Meyrick family ) as his steward, factotum, and 'in Wales …almost a viceroy ' (D. Mathew, The ...
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was the first Captain-General of the Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, serving from 1642 to 1644. Robert Devereux was born on 11 January 1591, the son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and a daughter of Francis Walsingham. His father was executed after leading a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I ...
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was the son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham. He was born on 22 January 1591 at Seething Lane, The City, London, England. He married Frances Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Knyvett, on 5 January 1605. He and Frances Howard were divorced in 1613.
Devereux, Robert (1565–1601), 2nd earl of Essex , royal favourite, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 10 November 1565, eldest son of Walter Devereux (qv), 1st earl of Essex, and his wife Lettice (Laetitia) (d. 1634), daughter of Sir Francis Knollys. His father's death in Dublin (22 September 1576) left the young Robert as a royal ward ...
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə ˌ r uː /; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army , also known as the Roundheads .
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'état against the government of Elizabeth I and was executed for treason.
