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Personal data Sir Walter Devereux 

  • He was born on September 16, 1539 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
  • He was christened on September 18, 1541 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
  • He died on September 22, 1576 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, he was 37 years old.
  • He is buried on September 30, 1576 in St Peter Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
  • A child of Richard Devereux and Dorothea Hastings
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sir Walter Devereux

He is married to Lettice Knollys.

They got married in the year 1560 at England, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Dorothy Devereaux  1564-1619 
  2. Penelope Devereux  1563-1607
  3. Robert Devereux  1565-1601
  4. Walter Devereaux  1569-1591
  5. Francis Devereux  1572-1574

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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.
    • 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.

Christening day September 18, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
    • September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

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.
    • March 8 » Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
    • March 25 » Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
    • July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
    • 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.


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