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Biography

William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley, was born 13 September 1521 to Richard Cecil (-1553) and Jane Heckington (-1588) and died 4 August 1598 Cecil House, Westminster, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Mary Cheke (1522-1544) 8 August 1541 JL . He married Mildred Cooke (1524-1589) 21 December 1546 JL .


Children


Offspring of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley and Mary Cheke (1522-1544)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (1542-1623) 5 May 1542 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom 7 February 1623 London, England, United Kingdom Dorothy Neville (1548-1608)
Frances Brydges (-1663)


Offspring of William Cecil, 1st Lord Burghley and Mildred Cooke (1524-1589)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612) 1 June 1563 London, England, United Kingdom 24 May 1612 Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Elizabeth Brooke (1562-1596)
Anne Cecil (1556-1588) 5 December 1556 5 June 1588 Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)



 




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