Paternal Family Tree: Devereux
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On 1st July 1536 [his father] Richard Devereux [aged 23] and [his mother] Dorothy Hastings [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon [aged 53]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 16th September 1541 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex was born to Richard Devereux [aged 28] and Dorothy Hastings [aged 25]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.78%.
On or after 16th September 1541 [his mother] Dorothy Hastings [deceased] died.
After 20th February 1547 [his father] Richard Devereux [deceased] died.
On 17th September 1558 [his grandfather] Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford [aged 70] died. His grandson Walter [aged 17] succeeded 2nd Viscount Hereford, 11th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.
Around 1561 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 19] and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Hereford. They were fourth cousins.
In January 1563 [his daughter] Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire was born to Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 21] and [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 19] at Chartley Castle [Map]. She married (1) 10th January 1581 Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick, son of Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez and Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez, and had issue (2) 26th December 1605 her third cousin Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire, son of James Blount 6th Baron Mountjoy and Catherine Leigh Baroness Mountjoy, and had issue.
Around 1564 [his daughter] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland was born to Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 22] and [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 20]. She married (1) 17th July 1583 her fifth cousin Thomas Perrot and had issue (2) 1594 her third cousin once removed Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland, and had issue.
On 10th November 1565 [his son] Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex was born to Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 24] and [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 22]. He married 1590 his half fourth cousin once removed Frances Walsingham Countess Essex and had issue.
In 1568 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 26] was entrusted with the custody of Mary Queen of Scots [aged 25].
In 1569 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 27] provided signal service in suppressing the Northern Rebellion of 1569, serving as high marshal of the field under Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 39] and Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln [aged 57].
In 1569 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 27] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire which post he held for life.
In 1570 [his son] Walter Devereux was born to Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 28] and [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 26]. He married 1589 Margaret Dakins.
On 28th January 1571 Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier [aged 54] died from a fall from a horse at Benington, Hertfordshire. Her first cousin twice removed Walter [aged 29] succeeded 8th Baron Bourchier. [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 27] by marriage Baroness Bourchier.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 4th May 1572 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 30] was created 1st Earl Essex. [his wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 28] by marriage Countess Essex.
On 17th June 1572 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 30] was appointed 355th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 38].
Around 1575 based on a work of 1572.Unknown Painter. Portrait of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 33].
Before 25th July 1575 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 33] ordered Francis Drake [aged 35] and John Norreys [aged 28] to confront Scottish refugees on Rathlin Island. On 25th July 1575 the garrison surrendered.
After 26th July 1575 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 33] wrote to Francis Walsingham [aged 43] that Sorley Boy MacDonnell watched the massacre from the mainland helplessly and was "like to run mad from sorrow".
On 22nd September 1576 Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex [aged 35] died. His son Robert [aged 10] succeeded 2nd Earl Essex, 3rd Viscount Hereford, 12th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, 9th Baron Bourchier.
On 21st September 1578 Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 46] and [his former wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 34] were married secretly much to the anguish of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 45] who developed a deep hatred of Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester. She by marriage Countess of Leicester. Roger North 2nd Baron North [aged 48] was present. He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.
Around April 1589 Christopher Blount [aged 24] and [his former wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 45] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
On 25th December 1634 [his former wife] Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester [aged 91] died. She was buried at the Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map] with her husband Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester - see Monument [Map] and Inscription [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 
6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Devereux 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roche Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Ferrers 8th Baroness Ferrers Chartley 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge 
Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Bourchier Baroness Ferrers Chartley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Woodville Viscountess Bourchier 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
father: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville 
7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bonville 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Harrington 5th Baron Harington 
13 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Hastings 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings 5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Sutton 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King William I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Louches Baroness Camoys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 
9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
mother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 
3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg II Count of Brienne and Conversano 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England