Portrait of Elizabeth Knollys by an unknown painter after George Gower, 1577
Born
15 June 1549 England
Died
c. 1605 (aged about 56)
Noble family
Knollys (by birth) Leighton (by marriage)
Spouse(s)
Sir Thomas Leighton
Issue
Thomas Leighton Elizabeth Talbot Anne, Lady St John
Father
Sir Francis Knollys
Mother
Catherine Carey
Occupation
Maid of Honour Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber
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Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton (15 June 1549 – c.1605),[1] 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.[1][2] Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen. Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham in Worcestershire in 1578.[1] He served as Governor of Jersey and Guernsey.[citation needed]
She is sometimes mistakenly referred to in documents as "Cecilia", which was the name of her youngest sister.[3]
^ abcEmerson, Kathy Lynn (2010). "A Who's Who of Tudor Women-K". kateemersonhistoricals.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
^Hammer, p. 282
^Wilson, Violet A. (1922). Queen Elizabeth's Maids of Honour and Ladies of the Privy Chamber. John Lane. Retrieved 19 October 2010. p. 10
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