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Frances Walsingham war das einzige überlebende Kind von Sir Francis Walsingham, dem Meisterspion Königin Elisabeths I., und dessen zweiter Ehefrau Ursula St. Barbe. Ihre Schwester Mary starb bereits im Kindesalter.
Frances Devereux, Gravin van Essex Mary Walsingham (overleden als kind) Francis Walsingham (c. 1533 - 6 april 1590 ) was onder Elizabeth I van Engeland van 1570 tot 1573 de Engelse ambassadeur in Frankrijk en daarna haar 'principal secretary' (een voorloper van de huidige Secretary of State) tot aan zijn dood.
Lady Frances Devereux was born on 30 September 1599 at Walsingham House, Seething Lane, London. She was the youngest child of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and his wife, Frances Walsingham . Her paternal grandparents were Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys , and her maternal grandparents were Sir Francis Walsingham , Queen Elizabeth's trusted spymaster, and Ursula St ...
Born Frances Walsingham, her life was a vivid intersection of personal tragedies and pivotal historical events, making her story not just a tale of an individual, but a window into the complexities of Elizabethan society. Frances was born into a world where familial connections were not just personal bonds, but also political alliances.
Frances Walsingham (also Frances Sidney; Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex; Frances De Burgh (or Burke), Countess of St. Albans and Clanricarde) 1569 - 13 February 1631) was an English countess during the Tudor and Stuart periods. She was the only child of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I, and Ursula St. Barbe. A lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, she married Philip ...
The Walsingham family therefore held several important connections to the royal court. As a young man he would complete his education at King’s College Cambridge, followed by some years studying abroad, principally in France and Italy, before returning to England to begin his career as a lawyer, enrolling at Gray’s Inn in 1552. Queen Mary I
In 1570 Walsingham was appointed ambassador to France. His experiences there would affirm his growing conviction that, with religion now the dominating political fault line in post-Reformation northern Europe, England could no longer trust its long-term security to a rapprochement with any of the Catholic powers.
