Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was born 19 Nov 1566 at Netherwood, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys.[1]
He married Frances Walsingham, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham and Ursula St. Barbe, between 1583 and 1601.[2]
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[3]
Devereux died on 25 February 1601 at age 34 at Tower of London, The City, London, England, beheaded for treason.
Family
Frances Walsingham
Children
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex b. 22 Jan 1591, d. 14 Sep 1646
Lady Frances Devereux b. 20 Sep 1599, d. 23 Nov 1679
Sources
↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 250. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
↑ Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 231.
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the Shirley Papers (D3531), Crown Copyright 2007 [1]
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