Elizabeth Knollys | |
|---|---|
| Lady Leighton | |
 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.[3]
She is sometimes mistakenly referred to in documents as "Cecilia", which was the name of her youngest sister.[4]
- ^ a b c Emerson, 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
- ^ Berry, William (1815). History of the Island of Guernsey. London: Longman, Hurst, Reeds, Orme and Brown. p. 214.
- ^ Wilson, Violet A. (1922). Queen Elizabeth's Maids of Honour and Ladies of the Privy Chamber. John Lane. Retrieved 19 October 2010. p. 10