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1566 - 1601 (34 years)

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Generation: 1

2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux was born on 10 Nov 1566 in Netherwood, Cumbria, England (son of 1st Earl of Essex Walter Devereux and Lettice Knollys); died on 25 Feb 1601 in Tower Green, London, Middlesex, England.

Robert married Frances Walsingham in 1590. Frances (daughter of Francis Walsingham and Ursula St. Barbe) was born in 1569; died on 13 Feb 1631. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3rd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux was born on 11 Jan 1591; died on 14 Sep 1646.
Frances Devereux

Generation: 2

1st Earl of Essex Walter Devereux was born in 1541; died on 22 Sep 1576 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

Walter married Lettice Knollys about 1562. Lettice (daughter of Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey) was born in 1540 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England; died on 25 Dec 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Beauchamp Chapel in St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lettice Knollys was born in 1540 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England (daughter of Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey); died on 25 Dec 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Beauchamp Chapel in St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

Children:

Penelope Devereux was born in 1562; died on 7 Jul 1607.
1. 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux was born on 10 Nov 1566 in Netherwood, Cumbria, England; died on 25 Feb 1601 in Tower Green, London, Middlesex, England.
Dorothy Devereux was born about 1564; died on 3 Aug 1619.

Generation: 3

Francis Knollys was born about 1514; died in 1596.

Francis married Catherine Carey in 1539. Catherine (daughter of William Carey and Mary Boleyn) was born about 1524; died on 15 Jan 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine Carey was born about 1524 (daughter of William Carey and Mary Boleyn); died on 15 Jan 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.

Children:

3. Lettice Knollys was born in 1540 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England; died on 25 Dec 1634 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Beauchamp Chapel in St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

Generation: 4

14.

William Carey was born in 1495 in Chilton Foliat, Wiltishire, England (son of Thomas Carey and Margaret Spencer); died on 22 Jun 1528.

William married Mary Boleyn in 1520. Mary (daughter of 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard) was born about 1499 in Hever Castle, Kent, England; died on 19 Jul 1543 in Rochford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Mary Boleyn was born about 1499 in Hever Castle, Kent, England (daughter of 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Howard); died on 19 Jul 1543 in Rochford, Essex, England.

Children:

7. Catherine Carey was born about 1524; died on 15 Jan 1569 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
1st Baron Hunsdon Henry Carey was born on 4 Mar 1526; died on 23 Jul 1596.