Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire

Penelope Rich, Lady Rich, later styled Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire was an English noblewoman. She was the sister of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and is traditionally thought to be the inspiration for Stella of Sir Philip Sidneys Astrophel and Stella sonnet sequence . She married Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich and had a public liaison with Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy, , whom she married in an unlicensed ceremony following her divorce from Rich. She died in 1607.

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