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Lettice Knollys, chiamata a volte Laetitia, nota anche come Lettice Devereux o Lettice Dudley (Rotherfield Greys, 8 novembre 1543 – Drayton Bassett, 25 dicembre 1634), è stata una nobildonna inglese, contessa di Essex e di Leicester per matrimonio e madre di Robert Devereux, II conte d'Essex e Dorothy, contessa di Northumberland.
Lettice Knollys (/ ˈ n oʊ l z / NOHLZ, sometimes latinized as Laetitia, alias Lettice Devereux or Lettice Dudley), Countess of Essex and Countess of Leicester (8 November 1543 – 25 December 1634), was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lady Penelope Rich.
5 mag 2018 · A biography of Lettice Knollys, Elizabeth I's granddaughter and rival, who survived seven monarchs and three husbands. The book explores her family, scandals, legacy and resemblance to the queen.
Learn about the life and marriages of Lettice Knollys, the great niece of Anne Boleyn and the wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Discover how she was related to Elizabeth I, why she was accused of poisoning Leicester, and how she tried to reconcile with the queen.
9 feb 2022 · Lettice Knollys was a Tudor courtier and the wife of Robert Dudley, the queen's favourite and one-time suitor. Learn how she enraged Elizabeth I by marrying Dudley without her consent and how she became a countess and a mother.
LETTICE KNOLLYS, COUNTESS OF ESSEX AND LEICESTER. BORN: c. 1541. DIED: 1634. Lettice Knollys, attributed to Gower. In the collection of the Marquess of Bath, at Longleat House. Mother of Robert Devereux by her first husband, Walter.
Lettice (1543–1634) was the daughter of Sir Francis Knollys (1514-96), one of Elizabeth I’s most loyal courtiers, and his wife Katherine ( c .1523–69), who was the daughter of Anne Boleyn’s sister Mary Stafford, the mistress of Henry VIII during her first marriage to William
