veterum-regum:Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Leicester (1543 - 1634), as portrayed by the En
veterum-regum:Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex and Leicester (1543 - 1634), as portrayed by the English painter George Gower. Lettice was the grandniece of Anne Boleyn and second cousin to Elizabeth I but was banished permanently from court in 1579 after her secret marriage to the queen’s “favourite”, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.England, 16th Century. -- source link