Walsingham, Frances (d. 1631)

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Walsingham, Frances (d. 1631)

Countess of Essex . Name variations: Frances Devereux. Interred on February 17, 1631, at Tonbridge Church; daughter of Francis Walsingham and Ursula St. Barbe ; married Sir Philip Sidney; married Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, in 1590; married Richard de Burgh, 4th earl of Clanricarde, before April 8, 1603; children: (first marriage) Elizabeth Sidney; (second marriage) Frances Devereux (d. 1674); Robert Devereux (b. 1591), 3rd/20th earl of essex; Dorothy Devereux (d. 1636, who married Henry Shirley, Bt. 2nd); (third marriage) Honora de Burgh .

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