Biography of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 1652-1684

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On 9th April 1632 [her father] Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 20] and Anne Cavendish Countess Warwick [aged 21] were married at Battersea, Surrey. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 44] and [her grandmother] Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.

After 1638 [her father] Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 26] and [her mother] Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 50] and [her grandmother] Frances Hatton Countess Warwick. They were first cousins.

Around 1652 Essex Rich Countess Nottingham was born to [her father] Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 40] and [her mother] Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick [aged 32]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.34%.

In 1652 [her mother] Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick [aged 32] died.

On 19th April 1658 [her grandfather] Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 70] died. His son [her father] Robert [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Earl Warwick, 5th Baron Rich of Leez.

On 29th May 1659 [her father] Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 47] died. His brother [her uncle] Charles [aged 44] succeeded 4th Earl Warwick, 6th Baron Rich of Leez. Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 33] by marriage Countess Warwick.

On 16th June 1674 Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea [aged 26] and Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick. He the son of Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 52] and Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch [aged 47].

Around 1675 Peter Lely [aged 56]. Portrait of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 23].

In 1677 [her daughter] Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe was born to [her husband] Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea [aged 29] and Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 25]. She married (1) 2nd April 1695 her fourth cousin William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax, son of George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax and Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile, and had issue (2) before 1709 John Ker 1st Duke Roxburghe, son of Robert Ker 3rd Earl Roxburghe and Margaret Hay Countess Roxburghe, and had issue.

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On 16th May 1678 [her brother-in-law] Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford [aged 29] and Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford were married. He the son of [her father-in-law] Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 56] and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch.

Before 7th December 1680 Peter Lely [aged 62]. Portrait of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 28].

On 18th December 1682 [her father-in-law] Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 60] died at Great Queen Street Covent Garden. He was buried at Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire. His son [her husband] Daniel [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 2nd Baron Finch Daventry. Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 30] by marriage Countess Nottingham.

On 23rd March 1684 Essex Rich Countess Nottingham [aged 32] died in childbirth. She was buried in the Finch family vault at All Saints' Church, Ravenstone [Map].

On 29th December 1685 [her former husband] Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea [aged 38] and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea were married. She being a fourth-cousin once-removed of his first wife Essex Rich Countess Nottingham. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. He the son of [her former father-in-law] Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham and [her former mother-in-law] Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch.

On 1st January 1730 [her former husband] Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea [aged 82] died. His son Daniel [aged 40] succeeded 8th Earl Winchilsea, 8th Viscount Maidstone, 3rd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Finch Daventry, 9th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.

Royal Ancestors of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 1652-1684

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 1652-1684
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [1]

Ancestors of Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 1652-1684

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dinley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jenks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Baldry

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez

GrandFather: Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Newport of Hunningham in Warwickshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Newport aka Hatton

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hatton

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hatton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Hatton

GrandMother: Frances Hatton Countess Warwick

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas aka Francis Gawdy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gawdy

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Coningsby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Coningsby

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby

Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cheke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Cheke

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cheke

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Cheeke

GrandFather: Thomas Cheeke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Radclyffe 9th Baron Fitzwalter 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Whetehill

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Radclyffe 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Countess Sussex 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Radclyffe 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Harvey

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Harvey

Mother: Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dinley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Jenks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Baldry

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez

GrandMother: Essex Rich 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England