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Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier

Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier

Male 1565 - 1601  (35 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron BourchierSir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier was born on 10 Nov 1565 in Netherwood near Bromyard, Herefordshire, England (son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier and Lettice Knollys); died on 25 Feb 1601 in Tower of London, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Frances Walsingham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier was born on 11 Jan 1591; died on 14 Sep 1646.
    2. Frances Devereux
    3. Dorothy Devereux

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Southwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Walter Devereux

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Baron BourchierWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier was born on 18 Sep 1539 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales (son of Sir Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings); died on 22 Sep 1576 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 26 Sep 1579 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales.

    Walter married Lettice Knollys about 1562. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lettice Knollys
    Children:
    1. Penelope Devereux
    2. 1. Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier was born on 10 Nov 1565 in Netherwood near Bromyard, Herefordshire, England; died on 25 Feb 1601 in Tower of London, London, England.
    3. Dorothy Devereux
    4. Walter Devereux died in 1591.
    5. Francis Devereux


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Richard Devereux (son of Walter Devereux, Baron Bourchier, 1st Viscount of Hereford and Mary Grey); died on 13 Oct 1547.

    Richard married Dorothy Hastings about 1541 in Bedenham, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Dorothy Hastings
    Children:
    1. 2. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier was born on 18 Sep 1539 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales; died on 22 Sep 1576 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland; was buried on 26 Sep 1579 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales.
    2. Elizabeth Devereux
    3. George Devereux was born about 1543 in Carmarthen Castle, Wales.
    4. Ann Devereux


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Walter Devereux, Baron Bourchier, 1st Viscount of Hereford was born in 1488 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England (son of Sir John Devereux, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Cecily Bourchier, Baroness Bourchier); died on 17 Sep 1588 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Stowe Church, Chartley, Staffordshire, England.

    Walter married Mary Grey before 15 Dec 1503. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Grey
    Children:
    1. Henry Devereux was born about 1515 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England; died before 13 Oct 1547.
    2. Catherine Devereux was born in 1506 in Staffordshire, England.
    3. 4. Sir Richard Devereux died on 13 Oct 1547.
    4. Edward Devereux
    5. Sir William Devereux was born about 1525 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England; died before 2 Nov 1579.