Note 76 — No. 2.
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The queen’s attachment to Essex might perhaps, in great measure, arise from the fact of his being her relative—as shewn in the following table, viz.,
Anne Boleyne, united to Henry VIII., king of England, had issue a daughter,
Elizabeth, afterwards queen of England.
Mary Boleyne, (sister to Anne Boleyne,) married to William Cary, had issue a daughter,
Catharine Cary, married to Francis Knolleys, K.G., had (among other issue) a daughter,
Lettice Knolleys, married to Walter Devereaux, Earl of Essex, K.G., who had issue a son,
Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, the favourite.