Surname: Devereux Forename(s): Robert b. 10 November 1565. d. 25 February 1601. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and second earl of Essex. Son of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, and Lettice,
née Knollys. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Succeeded his father in 1576.
Secretly married Frances Sidney, the widow of Sir Phillip Sidney, some time in 1590.
Biographical information: ODNB. (BGL)