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Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607

LC control no.n 84229956
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingRich, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607
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Variant(s)Blount, Penelope, 1562?-1607
Devereux, Penelope, Lady, 1562?-1607
Mountjoy, Penelope Blount, Lady, 1562?-1607
Rich, Penelope Devereux, Lady, 1562?-1607
Stella, 1562?-1607
Associated countryEngland
Birth date1562?
Death date16070706
Profession or occupationCourts and courtiers
Found inVarlow, Sally. The Lady Penelope, 2014: page 7 (Lady Penelope Rich; at the height of her power and beauty in 1595) page 28 (born soon after New Year 1563) jacket (came to London early in 1581 to be a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I, her godmother) page 16 (died July 6, 1607)
Essex, R. D. Essex to Stella, 1971: title page (Penelope Rich) preface (born Penelope Devereux, subsequently Rich, subsequently Blount; had 5 illegitimate children by Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy; she was sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Rich, Penelope Devereux, Lady, 1562?-1607)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Micropaedia (Rich, Lady Penelope, née Devereux, 1562?-1607; English noblewoman; married Lord Rich in 1581 but had affair with Sir Philip Sidney, whose "Stella" she was; later mistress of Lord Mountjoy; divorced Rich in 1605 and married Mountjoy)
Associated languageeng