Frances Walsingham Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde (1567 – 17 February 1633) was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Francis Walsingham Elizabeth I’s Secretary of State she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 16. Her second husband was Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex Queen Elizabeth’s favourite with whom she had five children. Shortly after his execution in 1601 she married her lover Richard Burke 4th Earl of Clanricarde and went to live in Ireland.
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birth date
1569-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
England
death date
1631-02-13, 1633-02-17
parent
Francis Walsingham, Ursula St. Barbe
spouse
Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex, Philip Sidney, Richard Burke 4th Earl of Clanricarde
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