Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576)

Biography

Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, was born 1539 to Richard Devereux (c1513-1547) and Dorothy Hastings (c1520-1547) and died 22 September 1576 Dublin, Ireland of dysentery. He married Lettice Knollys (1543-1634) 1561 ^JL .

Devereux (surname)
Born in 1539
Died in 1576
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Earls of Essex (1572)
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Deaths from dysentery
Infectious disease deaths in Ireland
Devereux family

Offspring of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys (1543-1634)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Penelope Devereux (c1562-1607)	January 1563	7 July 1607	Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559-1619) Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (c1562-1606)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566-1601)	1566	25 February 1601	Frances Walsingham (1567-1633)
Dorothy Devereux (1564-1619)	1564	3 August 1619	Thomas Perrot (1553-1594) Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632)