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Leicester, Lettice Dudley, Countess of, 1543-1634

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Personal name headingLeicester, Lettice Dudley, Countess of, 1543-1634
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Variant(s)Blount, Lettice, Countess of Leicester, 1543-1634
Devereux, Lettice, Countess of Essex, 1543-1634
Dudley, Lettice, Countess of Leicester, 1543-1634
Essex, Lettice Devereux, Countess of, 1543-1634
Knollys, Lettice, 1543-1634
Birth date1543-11-08
Death date1634-12-25
Found inLicense from Sir Christopher Blount and Lettice, Countess of Leicester, Manor Court of Dymock, Gloucestershire to Thomas Good, 1597 April 14
Oxford DNB, [via www, 6 Aug 2008] (Dudley [née Knollys; other married name Devereux], Lettice, countess of Essex and countess of Leicester (1543-1634), noblewoman; dau. of Sir Francis Knollys (1511/12-1596); b. 8 Nov. 1543 near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; m. in 1560 Walter Devereux, second Viscount Hereford (1539-1576) later Earl of Essex; m. in 1578 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester (1532/3-1588); m. in 1589 Sir Christopher Blount (1555/6-1601); d. at Drayton, Christmas day 1634)