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Penelope Devereux. Ritratto di Penelope Devereux, di Nicholas Hilliard, 1590, Royal Collection. Lady Penelope Devereux ( Stowe-by-Chartley, 1563 – Londra, 7 luglio 1607) è stata una nobildonna inglese .
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount (née Devereux; January 1563 – 7 July 1607) was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark.
Described by James I as ‘a fair woman with a black soul’, Lady Penelope Devereux was a prominent figure in the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. A famous beauty with golden hair and dark eyes, she was well educated, an excellent dancer and fluent in Italian, French and Spanish.
10 giu 2015 · Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich c. 1563-1607. Penelope Devereux was a star of the late Elizabethan and early Stuart courts. A renowned beauty, she was the muse of Sir Philip Sidney, and is immortalised in the sonnet cycle Astrophel and Stella.
Penelope Devereux, also known as Penelope Rich and Penelope Blount, was the elder daughter of Walter Devereux and his wife, Lettice Knollys.
Lady Rich was born Penelope Devereux (?1563-1607), the sister of Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex. She married Robert, Lord Rich, later Earl of Warwick, in 1581, but they were legally separated in 1605.
Penelope Devereux: Life Story. Published 8th June 2015. Chapter 1: Childhood & Youth (1563 - 1581) Lettic Knollys (c.1541 - 1634), Penelope's mother. Lady Penelope Devereux was born into a family that received a high level of favour from Elizabeth I.
