Elizabeth Knollys
Noble person
1549 – 1605
Who was Elizabeth Knollys?
Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton, was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen. Lettice Knollys was her eldest sister. Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham in Worcestershire in 1578. He served as Governor of Jersey and Guernsey.
She is sometimes mistakenly referred to in documents as "Cecilia", which was the name of her youngest sister.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1549
England - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Thomas Leighton
(1578 - )
- Thomas Leighton
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Died
- 1605
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on July 23, 2013
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