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Personal data Walter Devereux 2nd Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • He was born on September 16, 1539 in Devereux Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
  • He died on September 22, 1576, he was 37 years old.
  • A child of Richard Devereux and Dorothea Hastings
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Walter Devereux 2nd Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex

He is married to Lettice Knollys.

They got married about 1560.


Child(ren):

  1. Penelope Devereux  1563-1607 
  2. Robert Devereux  1566-1601 


Notes about Walter Devereux 2nd Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex

Walter Devereux, 2nd Viscount Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex (b c1553, d 22.09.1576) m. Lettice Knollys (b 1539/40, d 25.12.1634, dau of Sir Francis Knollys)

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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex1 (M)
b. circa 1553, d. 22 September 1576, #2566
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Last Edited=10 Dec 2005
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex was born circa 1553. He was the son of Sir Richard Devereux .1 He married Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and Mary Carey , between 1560 and 1565.2 He died on 22 September 1576.1
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex succeeded to the title of 8th Lord Bourchier [E., 1348] on 28 January 1570/71.1 He was created 1st Earl of Essex [England] on 4 May 1572.1

Child of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
unknown Devereux +

Children of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys
Penelope Devereux + b. a 1561
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex + b. 19 Nov 1566, d. 25 Feb 1601
Dorothy Devereux + b. b 1576, d. 3 Aug 1619
Citations
[S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 250. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 140.

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Walter DEVEREUX (1º E. Essex)
Born: 16 Sep 1539, Carmarthen Castle, Wales
Christened: 18 Sep 1539, Carmarthen Castle, Wales
Acceded: 4 May 1572
Died: 22 Sep 1576, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
Buried: 26 Sep 1576, Carmarthen Castle, Wales
Notes: See his Biography <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterDevereux(1EEssex).htm>.
Father: Richard DEVEREUX (Sir Knight)
Mother: Dorothy HASTINGS <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20HASTINGS1>
Married: Lettice KNOLLYS (C. Essex/C. Leicester) <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/%20KNOLLYS%20(C.%20Essex/C.%20Leicester)> ABT 1562
Children:
1. Penelope DEVEREUX (B. Rich)
2. Robert DEVEREUX (2º E. Essex)
3. Dorothy DEVEREUX (C. Northumberland)
4. Walter DEVEREUX

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter Devereux

Walter Devereux
1477-1558
Mary Grey
????-1534
George Hastings
± 1488-1544
Anne Stafford
± 1480-????
Richard Devereux
< 1539-????

Walter Devereux
1539-1576

± 1560

Lettice Knollys
1539-1634

Penelope Devereux
1563-1607
Robert Devereux
1566-1601
Dorothy Perrot Devereux
1564-1619

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Birthday September 16, 1539

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
    • April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
    • May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
    • June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
    • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.


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