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Penelope Devereux. Lady Penelope Devereux (* Januar 1563 [1] in Chartley Castle, Staffordshire; † 7. Juli 1607 in London, England ), verheiratete Baroness Rich, war eine englische Adlige und Hofdame. Sie war die Schwester von Robert Devereux, 2. Earl of Essex und gilt üblicherweise als Inspiration für Philip Sidneys „Stella“ aus dessen ...
Lady Penelope Blount (Devereux) aka Rich (Jan 1563 - certain 7 Jul 1607)
Penelope Rich was born c. 1562 at Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England. She was the daughter of Walter Devereux, 16t Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys. She was a child of fourteen when Sir Philip Sidney accompanied the queen on a visit to Lady Essex in 1576, on her way from Kenilworth, and must have been frequently thrown into the society of ...
Penelope Devereux naît en 1563 1. Fille de Walter Devereux, comte d'Essex, extrêmement belle, elle attire, toute jeune, l'attention de Philip Sidney, qui écrit des sonnets où il déclare sa flamme 2. En 1581, on lui fait épouser, contre son gré, Robert Rich 2. Elle maintient ses relations avec Sidney qui continue à célébrer ses charmes ...
Penelope and Dorothy Devereux. Lady Rich's reputation went the other way.Beautiful and highly educated, she was shoved into an arranged marriage with the dull and detestable Lord Rich in 1581 when she was only 18.
Lady Rich was born Penelope Devereux (?1563-1607), the sister of Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex. She married Robert, Lord Rich, later Earl of Warwick, in 1581, but they were legally separated in 1605. Several years before that, her great beauty - sparkling dark eyes and fair hair ('waves of gold') - had been a ...
6 de jun. de 2023 · Penelope was a strongly independent woman who fought for love and her family, even if that meant becoming enemies with the most powerful people in England. A remarkable woman who left her mark on both the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, Lady Penelope Rich took her life and legacy into her own hands.
