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PENELOPE DEVEREUX

LADY PENELOPE DEVEREUX
LADY PENELOPE RICH

PENELOPE, LADY RICH

LADY PENELOPE BLOUNT

PENELOPE BLOUNT, COUNTESS OF DEVONSHIRE

 

BIRTH:  Jan 1563; Chartley Manor, Staffordshire
MARRIAGE:  

1.  (to Robert Rich)  10 Jan 1581 [Divorced in 1605]
2. (to Charles Blount) 26 Dec 1605 , Wanstead Hall, Essex

DEATH:  07 Jul 1607; London
BURIAL: "A London Church"

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
walterdevereux

SIR WALTER DEVEREUX

1st Earl of Essex

1541-1576

letticeknollys

LETTICE KNOLLYS

Countess of Essex
Countess of Leicester
[Devereux/Dudley/Blount]

1543-1634

SIBLINGS:
robertdevereux

ROBERT DEVEREUX

2nd Earl of Essex

1564-1619

male

FRANCIS DEVEREUX

.

died in infancy

dorothydev

DOROTHY DEVEREUX

Countess of Northumberland

[Perrott/Percy]

1564-1619

male

SIR WALTER DEVEREUX

.

1569-1591

(HALF-BROTHER FROM MOTHER LETTICE KNOLLYS' SECOND MARRIAGE TO ROBERT DUDLEY):
denbigh

ROBERT DUDLEY

Lord Denbigh
"Noble Impe"

1581-1584

SPOUSES:
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ROBERT RICH

3rd Baron Rich

[later 1st Earl of Warwick]

1559-1619

charlesblount

CHARLES BLOUNT

8th Baron Mountjoy

1st Earl of Devonshire

1563-1606

CHILDREN:
(FROM MARRIAGE TO ROBERT RICH - DIVORCED 1605):
female

LADY LETTICE RICH

'Lucy'
[Carey/Lake]

 

1589-1619

henryrich

HENRY RICH

1st Earl of Holland

 

1590-1649

female

LADY ESSEX RICH

[Cheeke]

1585-1658

robertrich

ROBERT RICH

2nd Earl of Warwick
 

 

1587-1658

(FROM LONGSTANDING AFFAIR WITH CHARLES BLOUNT d.1606; ALL CHILDREN'S PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT UNABLE TO LEGITIMISE):
female

LADY PENELOPE RICH

[Paternity acknowledged by Charles Blount]

 

1592-??

female

RUTH BLOUNT

"Ruth Devonshire"

[Tilghman]

 

1600-1694

mountjoyblount

MOUNTJOY BLOUNT

1st Earl of Newport

c.1596-1666

female

ISABELLA BLOUNT

"Elizabeth"

??

male

SIR ST JOHN BLOUNT

.

c.1597-??

male

CHARLES BLOUNT 

.

1605-1627

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