Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the English queen Anne of Denmark. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2n
Portrait miniature thought to be Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, c.1590 by Nicholas Hilliard
Portrait at Longleat House believed to be of Dorothy and Penelope Devereux c. 1581
English poet, courtier, diplomat Philip Sidney (1554 – 1586), National Portrait Gallery
Frontispiece to a copy of Astrophel and Stella. The poems circulated in manuscript form before the first edition was printed in 1591. This edition included ten of Sidney's songs, a preface by Thomas Nashe and verses from other poets including Thomas Campion, Samuel Daniel and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, was an English nobleman, known as Baron Rich between 1581 and 1618, when he was created Earl of Warwick. He was the first husband of Penelope Devereux
Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire
…to be the inspiration for "Stella" of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella sonnet sequence (published posthumously in 1591). She was married to Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (later 1st Earl of Warwick), and had a public liaison with Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, whom she married in an unlicensed ceremony following her…
Mural monument to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and his second wife Frances Wray. St Lawrence's Church, Snarford, Lincolnshire