Pedigree: Robert DEVEREUX (2nd Earl) of ESSEX

The PEDIGREE of

Robert DEVEREUX (2nd Earl) of ESSEX

Knight of the Garter; (favorite of the Queen, but overly ambitious); (sometimes theorized to be the 'Rival Poet' of SHAKESPEARE 's Sonnets)

Born: 1566 Died: 25 Feb 1601 Tower Hill beheaded

HRH Charles's 10-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill's 10-Great Uncle. Lady Diana's 10-Great Grandfather. PM Cameron's 12-Great Uncle.

poss. Wives/Partners: Frances WALSINGHAM ; Frances WALSINGHAM [alt ped] ; (Miss) Dudley
Children: Dorothy (Lady) DEVEREUX ; Frances (Lady) DEVEREUX ; Robert DEVEREUX (3rd Earl) of ESSEX

________	________	________	________	_______	_______
				/	-- Walter (IV; K.G.) DEVEREUX +	==&=> [ 255 ,WHa,rv,&]
			/	-- John DEVEREUX (1463? - 1501)
			/	\	-- Anne (Agnes; Baroness; de) FERRERS +	&&&> [ 255 ,N,TX,&]
		/	-- Walter DEVEREUX (DEVEREAUX)
		/	\	-- Cecile BOURGCHIER +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TMX,&]
	/	-- Richard (Sir) DEVEREUX (? - 1547)
	\|	\	/	-- Thomas (K.G.) GREY +		&&&> [ 255 ,N,TX,&]
	\|	\	-- Mary (Lady) GREY (? - 1538)
	/		\	-- Cecily BONVILLE +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
/	-- Walter (K.G.) DEVEREUX (Wales 1539 - 1576 Ireland)
\|	\		/	-- Edward (Lord of HUNGERFORD) HASTINGS +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
\|	\|	/	-- George (K.B.; Lord of) HASTINGS (1488 - 1544)
\|	\|	/	\	-- Mary (of BOTREAUX) HUNGERFORD +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
\|	\	-- Dorothy (Lady) HASTINGS (1519 - 1546?)
\|		\	/	-- Henry (K.G.) STAFFORD +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
\|		\	-- Anne (Lady of Buckingham) STAFFORD
/			\	-- Catherine WYDEVILLE (WYDVILLE) +		&&&> [ 255 ,N,TX,&]
- Robert DEVEREUX (2nd Earl) of ESSEX
\				/	-- Richard (KNOWLES) KNOLLYS +	====> [ 255 ,wh,rv,&]
\|			/	-- Robert KNOLLYS (1451? - ?)
\|			/	\	-- Margaret d' OYLEY (d' OILLY) +	==&=> [ 255 ,wH,rD,&]
\|		/	-- Robert (of Rotherfield) KNOLLYS (? - 1521)
\|		/	\	-- Elizabeth TROUTBECK +		==&=> [ 255 ,WH,Rv,&]
\|	/	-- Francis (K.G.; of Rotherfield) KNOLLYS
\|	\|	\	/	-- Thomas (Sir) PENISTON +		====> [ 1]
\|	\|	\	-- Lettice PENNYSTON (? - 1558)
\|	/		\	-- Alice BULSTRODE +		==&=> [ 255 ,whaGC,rv,&]
\	-- Lettice KNOLLYS (? - 25/12/1634 Drayton Basset)
	\		/	-- Henry VII TUDOR (King) of ENGLAND +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
	\|	/	-- Henry VIII TUDOR (London 1491 - 1547 London)
	\|	\|	\	/ OR: prob. not William (Esq.) CAREY +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TX,&]
	\|	/	\	-- Elizabeth (of YORK) PLANTAGENET +		&&&> [ 255 ,E,TMX,&]
	\	-- Katherine CARY (1524? - 1569)
		\	/	-- Thomas (K.G.) BOLEYN +		&&&> [ 255 ,N,TX,&]
		\	-- Mary BOLEYN
			\	-- Elizabeth (Lady) HOWARD +		&&&> [ 255 ,N,TX,&]

His (poss.) Grandchildren: Robert (4th Baronet of Staunton Harold) SHIRLEY ; Lettice SHIRLEY ; Jane (Lady of Somerset) SEYMOUR ; Henry SEYMOUR (Baron BEAUCHAMP) ; Mary (Lady) SEYMOUR