Penelope Rich Lady Rich later styled Penelope Blount Countess of Devonshire (née Devereux; January 1563 – 7 July 1607) was an English noblewoman. 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).
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birth date
1563-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Staffordshire, Chartley Castle
death date
1607-07-07
death place
London
parent
Walter Devereux 1st Earl of Essex, Lettice Knollys Countess of Leicester
spouse
Charles Blount 8th Baron Mountjoy, Robert Rich 1st Earl of Warwick
