Penelope Rich, Lady Rich

(1563-1607)

English noblewoman

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Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount (née Devereux; January 1563 – 7 July 1607) was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and is traditionally thought to be the inspiration for "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella sonnet sequence (published posthumously in 1591). She was married to Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (later 1st Earl of Warwick) and had a public liaison with Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, whom she married in an unlicensed ceremony following her divorce from Rich. She died in 1607.

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Born	Penelope Devereux 1563 Chartley Castle, Staffordshire, England
Died	7 July 1607 (aged 44) London, England
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Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick 1559-1618 · English nobleman · m. 1581; div. 1605 info edit

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Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy 1563-1606 · English statesman · m. 1605 info edit

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Penelope info 1st child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Essex info 2nd child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Charles info 3rd child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Isabella info 4th child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Lettice info 5th child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Elizabeth info 6th child with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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John info 7th child with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Ruth info 8th child with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Female · - · Celebrity Baby

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Mountjoy info 9th child with Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy Male · - · Celebrity Baby

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Robert Rich info 10th child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Male b. 5 Jun 1587 d. 19 Apr 1658 · Age: 70 (at death) · 1587-1658 · English naval officer, politician and peer

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Henry info 11th child with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick Male b. 19 Aug 1590 · Age: 435 · 1590- · Celebrity Baby

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Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex · Father · 1541-1576 · English noble and general edit info

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Lettice Knollys · Mother · 1543-1634 · English noblewoman and aristocrat edit info

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Siblings

1 brother and 1 sister

Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland · Sister · 1564-1619 · English noble edit info

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex · Brother · 1565-1601 · English military edit info

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Mary Boleyn · Great-grandmother · 1499-1543 · English noblewoman edit info

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William Carey · Great-grandfather · 1499-1528 · English courtier and favourite of King Henry VIII edit info

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Francis Knollys (the elder) · Grandfather · 1514-1596 · 16th-century English courtier and politician edit info

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Catherine Carey · Grandmother · 1524-1569 · Daughter of Mary Boleyn and lady of Queen Elizabeth I of England edit info

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Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon · Great-uncle · 1526-1596 · English nobleman and courtier edit info

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