Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPenelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire
English countess
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001
Place of Birth: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 07-Jul-1607
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire
- 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 married 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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Nicholas Hilliard
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| Description | English painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1547 | 7 January 1619 | |
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English: Exeter, Devon, England | London | |
| Work location | London (1570–1576); France (1576–1578); London (1578–1619) | ||
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