Penelope Rich, Lady Rich
Noble person
1563 – 1607
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Who was Penelope Rich, Lady Rich?
Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire was an English noblewoman. 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. She married Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich 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
- Jan 1, 1563
Chartley Castle - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
(1581/01/10 - 1607/07/07) - Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy
(1605/12/26 - )
- Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Jul 7, 1607
London
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on July 23, 2013
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