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Elizabeth Knollys Lady Leighton (15 June 1549 – c.1605) 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.

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birth date
1549-06-15
birth place
England
death date
1605-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
occupation
Maid of honour
parent
Francis Knollys (the elder), Catherine Carey
title
Lady Leighton

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