Lord Robert Devereux (1565-1601)

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Lord Robert Devereux (2^nd Earl of Essex)

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth10.11.1565 - Netherwood near Bromyard, in HerefordshireCSORN
First Known Service1596CSORN
FatherWalter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1539-1576)ref:1568
MotherLettice Knollys (c.1540-1634)ref:1568
WifeFrances Walsingham (1569-1632)ref:1568
SonRobert (1590-1646)ref:1568
DaughterFrances [Seymour] (1599-1674)ref:1568
DaughterDorothy [Shirley] (1600-1636)ref:1568
NephewPEER
Last Known Service1597CSORN
Date of Death25.2.1601
Cause of DeathExecutedCSORN

Event History

Date from	Event	Source
22.9.1576	Succeeded as 2^nd Earl of Essex	E-WIKI
1596	Repulse (40) 1596-1610 British 40 Gun 2nd Rate Galleon , as Flag Officer, Admiral,	BWAS-1603
21.6.1596	Attack on Cadiz Harbour
1597	Merhonour (39) 1590-1612 British 39 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , as Flag Officer, Admiral,	NRS157

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NRS157C. S. Knighton, David Loades, Book

PEERVarious, Web Site

ref:1568 Family History

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