English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

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Rich, Penelope

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Rich, Penelope (c.1562–1607), sister of Robert Devereux, earl of Essex. In 1581 she was unhappily married to Lord Rich, and soon after provided the model for Sidney's ‘Stella’. The exact nature of their relationship can never be known, but details in some sonnets make it clear that she is the lady in question. After she had been legally separated from Lord Rich, she married Lord Mountjoy. She was a famous beauty and a good linguist, took part in masques by Jonson and Daniel, and was addressed by other poets besides Sidney.

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Penelope Rich, Lady

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Penelope Rich, Lady 1562–1607, the "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later earl of Warwick); after a divorce she married (1605) the earl of Devonshire.

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