Lettice Knollys

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Lettice Knollys was a prominent English noblewoman of the Tudor court, noted as a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and the controversial second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lettice Knollys canonical 8
Lettice Devereux 2
Lettice Dudley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noblewoman ⓘ
Tudor-period noble ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lettice Devereux ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys

Lettice Dudley ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys
associatedWith House of Devereux ⓘ
House of Tudor ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
birthDate 1543 ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Warwick ⓘ
causeOfPoliticalTension Marriage to Robert Dudley without Queen Elizabeth I’s consent ⓘ
child Dorothy Devereux ⓘ
Penelope Devereux ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
court Tudor court ⓘ
cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
deathDate 1605 ⓘ
era Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England
father Sir Francis Knollys ⓘ
fullName Lettice Knollys ⓘ
grandmother Mary Boleyn ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
marriageDate 1561 ⓘ
1578 ⓘ
marriagePartner Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex ⓘ
mother Catherine Carey ⓘ
linked to: Katherine Carey
notableEvent Secretly married Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in 1578 ⓘ
notableFor Being cousin of Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ
Being second wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester ⓘ
notableRelative Anne Boleyn (great-aunt by blood) ⓘ
linked to: Anne Boleyn
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England ⓘ
positionHeld Lady of the Bedchamber (at the Tudor court, traditionally attributed) ⓘ
relative Queen Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
socialStatus Countess ⓘ
spouse Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Sir Christopher Blount ⓘ
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex ⓘ
title Countess of Essex ⓘ
Countess of Leicester ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frances Walsingham → child → Lettice Devereux ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys
Frances Walsingham → notableRelative → Lettice Knollys ⓘ
Dorothy Devereux → mother → Lettice Knollys ⓘ
Dorothy Devereux → relative → Lettice Knollys ⓘ
Lettice Knollys → fullName → Lettice Knollys ⓘ
Lettice Knollys → alsoKnownAs → Lettice Devereux ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys
Lettice Knollys → alsoKnownAs → Lettice Dudley ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys
Penelope Devereux → mother → Lettice Knollys ⓘ
Penelope Devereux → hasChild → Lettice Rich ⓘ
linked to: Lettice Knollys