Olson's Tree » Sir Walter Devereux (1539-1576)
Personal data Sir Walter Devereux
Source 1- He was born on September 16, 1539 in Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales.
- He died on September 22, 1576 in Dublin, Ireland, Buried Carmathen, Wales, he was 37 years old.
- A child of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings
Household of Sir Walter Devereux
He is married to Lettice Knollys.
They got married Bet. 1562–1564 at Nethwood, Herefordshire, England, he was 22 years old.
They got married on June 4, 1549 at Sheen, Surrey, England, he was 9 years old. They got married about 1561 at England. They got married in the year 1564 at Nethwood,Herefordshire,England, he was 24 years old. They got married about 1568. They got married on September 21, 1577 at Wanstead, Warwickshire, England, he was 38 years old. They got married in the year 1589 at USA, he was 49 years old.Child(ren):
- Penelope DEVEREUX 1563-1607
- Dorothy DEVEREUX ± 1564-1619
- Walter DEVEREUX 1569-1591
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Historical events
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
- 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 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
- 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.
Day of death September 22, 1576
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1576: Source: Wikipedia
- January 20 » The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
- February 5 » Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
- May 1 » Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- July 12 » Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
- November 4 » Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).
- November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
Same birth/death day
- 1462 » Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher († 1525)
- 1507 » Jiajing Emperor of China († 1567)
- 1541 » Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
- 1557 » Jacques Mauduit, French composer († 1627)
- 1615 » Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer († 1692)
- 1625 » Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint († 1697)
- 1539 » Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (b. 1469)
- 1554 » Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
- 1566 » Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (b. 1494)
- 1576 » Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (b. 1541)
- 1598 » Gabriel Spenser, English actor (b. c.1578)
- 1607 » Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1535)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P12087.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Sir Walter Devereux (1539-1576)".