Lettice Knollys: The Woman Who Defied Queen Elizabeth
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This Lady has always intrigued me since I read about her in Jean Plaidy’s novel “My Enemy the Queen”
Thanks Ali 😊
Same!
TY never knew about this for sure I will get it because did enjoyed the queen of this realm book by Jean
I read the same book, many, many years ago now. I loved Jean Plaidy’s books. 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
@@gonefishing167 me too she doesn't makes you confuse or to remember who's this or that
Absolutely superb Jon, what a life this lady had, a sad one in many ways but she never gave in what resilience this lady had.
Thank you Simon much appreciated 😊
I would love to see a mini-series about this lady's life!
I have always been amazed by her long life and all the struggles that she endured. She was a very tough human being. I can't believe that she married Elizabeth's favorite,then survived her son's rebellion also Elizabeth's favorite. I'm pretty shocked she didn't get killed off. Credit to Elizabeth herself I must say. I can't credit her enough for despising someone so much but having the capability to remove that association and blame the actual individuals. As much as Elizabeth hated her. She never threw her under the bus for the behavior of her son. Elizabeth undoubtedly understood the dynamic. Family. So she ignored her rather than to remove her. Very wise.
She treated, Lady Jane Grey and her sisters very cruelly, she was not a very nice woman.
Catherine Carey was her mother. Elizabeth was very fond of Cahterine Carey. she overlooked Lettice because of Catherine is my guess.
@@lisaellis2593 or ignorants like you should realize that Lady Jane Grey was executed by Mary I and Elizabeth had nothing to do with what happened to her or how she was treated. in fact considering Jane's belief, Elizabeth would've even support her if she was defiance
It's crueler to murder a child and leave the mother to grieve.
@@robertfarrow5853 if you're talking about executing a rebel that probably tries to overthrown you, there's no excuse in that! that's justified, cause even if the monarchy doesn't want it, the law surely will execute someone like that
There is a book about her life. It’s call “ My Enemy the Queen” by Victoria Holt. It is a good read.
It was under the name Jean Plaidy but still the same author. She wrote books under several names
it literally says victoria holt on the cover lol@@shella3244
@@shella3244love her Phillippa Carr family books
This was very good. She must have been frightened when Elisabeth reacted furious on her wedding to Robert Dudley. I visited Kenilworth Castle this week, it's worth a visit. Thank you for your work and knowledge. Have a good week 😊
Thanks as always Anita, enjoy your week too 😊
@@HistoryRoadshow thank you 🙏
I've always been fascinated with Lettice. Think of the life she lived! Wow! She was a piece of work! Thanks for doing a video on her.
She was a nasty piece of work she betrayed her queen who was her aunt and cousin a very nasty piece of work indeed Robert was looking for an heir and a family but he the woman he really loved was Elizabeth she was only second best
Wonderful video on this intriguing lady who is the ancestor of Britain's current royal family. I am descended from her younger sister Anne Knollys, who married my ancestor Thomas West, Baron De La Ware. Three of her sons were among the first governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia. I would love for you to do a video about her.
Great family tree Joy, thanks for sharing 😊
THANK YOU for the correct pronunciation of her name! I am so tired of watching videos by historians who are still calling her "Lettuce Nollis"!
Sorry I had only ever heard it as 'lettuce'. From now on Letise it is.
@@Rose-jz6ix Yes, that's exactly why. Because so many are mis-pronouncing it.
I wonder if this was an issue during her lifetime...was she ever getting annoyed at having to correct people that her name was no Lettuce?
@@moodylittleowl Doubtful. I seem to remember reading somewhere (don't quote me on this) that it was a shortening of "Letitia". Either way I'm sure they pronounced it correctly. ;)
It's pronounced 'Letise Nohlz'. Thanks 😊
Beautiful artistry, and wonderful narration bringing this terribly sad story to life. How much sadness one person had to endure.
Thank you 😊
This is not just a very informative video! This is an incredibly beautiful work of art! Bravo!!!
Many thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Her sister, Lady Elizabeth Anne West, Baroness de la Warr, is my 11th great-Grandmother. So this was such a treat to see. What a strong lady. Thank you!
Appreciate you watching thanks 😊
a lot of Americans descend from her.
@peachygal4153 or so they say!
One of my favorite characters. Thanks for bringing her story to life.
My pleasure Mary Ann glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great video Jon. Lettice has experienced so much loss but she was a survivor in the end
It's an incredible story Einez, thanks 😊
Lettice Knollys is one of my favourites. Thank you
Thanks for watching 😊
That was excellent Jon xx
Thank you Rosie 😊
Good afternoon Jon! Was hoping you would have something on the 22nd this month which was my granddaughter's birthday but I told my daughter to go to some of your earlier episodes for her to watch! Gonna give her a HUGE interest in History so thank you for and from me as well!
Thank you as always, Cheryl. Hope you're well and all OK 😊
Wow!! She lived into her 90’s! That’s long lived in today’s terms, much less in the 16th & 17th centuries.
A few of her ancestors lived into their their 80s.
@@tsarina24honolulu87 her uncle Henry Carey lived a long life as well
That was really beautiful ❤️. She seemed to be a lady that really followed her heart..So glad in the end her wishes we respected...
Thank you Janet glad you enjoyed that one 😊
Great illustrations! I loved how she progressed in age.
Thank you Jocelyn 😊
While all of the stories are fascinating, and this of Lettice Knollys is no exception, I must confess the thing that was carrying me through her life story was the portraiture. (Closet artist, here.) Who did the artwork? I love their understanding of light, particularly as it relates to human flesh. I would call it "luminescence". Some artists can accurately record life, but it takes a special something to make portraits look real and alive. Who is the mystery artist, please? 😮
Oh, I enjoyed that so much, & I intend to ‘chase up’ the story of dear Mistress Knollys - thank you for sharing!
Do you have anything on Bess of Hardwick - another iron fist, in a velvet glove?
🙏🏽💔🙏🏻
I did a video on Bess a couple of years ago. Thank you 😊
Well Done! I love how you enhanced the nuances taking me in deeper. Great story telling!
Pleasure Alannah, thank you 😊
Greatb biography of a great lady. So great as well to hear this family name pronounced correctly! 👍
Thank you Peggy 😊
🌹Lovely Video, Thank You for producing it! The artwork definitely added a depth to this woman's sad life story.🌹🌹🌹🌹
Pleasure Kristin, thanks for watching 😊
Well done as always, Jon! I love how you state the facts that help clear up how movies and tv portrays her.
Thanks as always Trish 😊
Excellent! The pictures are just beautiful and really being these people to life!
Thank you 😊
The forever fascinating Lettice! Jon, thanx again.
Glad you enjoyed it Lisette thank you 😊
Thank you such a superb video full of detail's of this brave lady. I said it before I say it again you bring history to life 😊
Wow, thank you! 😊
I subscribed to your channel when you only had 15,000 or so subscribers. I said at the time that you deserved more, so I’m very pleased to see the progress you’ve made. Thank you for all the videos I’ve watched since then, all informative and beautifully presented.
Thank you for your continued support Pam 😊
Amazing artwork accompanies a factual yet sympathetic account of a life well-lived despite difficulty and danger.
Thank you Robert 😊
When I was doing genealogy on Ancestry, Francis Knollys name came up in my family tree. His wife, Mary Carey, and Mary's brother, is supposedly the children of King Henry 8 and Mary Bolyn, the sister of Ann Bolyn.
Mary Carey wasn't Francis Knollys wife.
How lovely are pics of beautiful lady you ised to protray this strong woman. Thank you Jon for another lovely video.
Thank you Melissa 😊
Another awesome story on your channel I learn so much
Thank you Susannah 😊
I never liked her. She flirted with Robert Dudley in 1565 while pregnant with her first son and this was the cause of one of her banishments from court. Her affair with Dudley started in 1573 while Essex, her first husband, was still very much alive. Dudley was still courting Elizabeth, hoping to marry her, during the affair, and Lettice KNEW this. Essex died in 1576...What woman does this to someone she's supposedly close to? Her third husband Christopher Blount was a secret agent working on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was 12-13 years younger than she was. Her son Robert Devereux had a problem with the age difference even though they became comrades in arms during Devereux's rebellion. NOT a nice woman!
I agree!
I never understood people liking her either.
So who was the Christopher Blount that her daughter Penelope married?
@@cornelia9778 i think that was his older brother? Possibly called Charles?
Or possibly a cousin?
Lovely story with gorgeous artistry. Enjoyed the vid.❤
Thank you much appreciated 😊
Lettice was a lucky woman to not have not lost her head at Elizabeth's rage..
I'm impressed by the florid language throughout this video.
Thank you much appreciated 😊
May she find eternal peace and happiness
~♡~ Thank you for posting about my about my 14th grandmother and her daughter Dorothy, my 13th Grandmother~♡~ The best one I have seen on youtube~♡~
Thank you Kim 😊
I really enjoyed this.. thank you for your hard work 💜
Thank you Hazel much appreciated 😊
Amazing visuals, though maybe a narrative that requires some prior knowledge of the context, such as the facts of Leicester's relationship with Elizabeth I and the fact that Lettice was a granddaughter of Mary Boleyn, thus a first cousin once removed of Elizabeth. One significant quibble: was her name not pronounced just like the vegetable, "lettuce"?
The problem for Elizabeth was that it was believed at the time that when a woman married her husband became head of the household. If a woman was not head of the household then how could she be head of the country. Elizabeth got round this by pretending to be a virgin, using the prospect of marriage as a political tool for other countries but keeping Dudley as her secret lover. Dudley's wife died in highly suspicious circumstances and he was suspected of having her murdered. When Dudley knew that Elizabeth would not marry him he married Lettice. When learning of this Elizabeth flew into a jealous rage and 'boxed Lettice's ears' before banishing her from court. Elizabeth, as a woman, had to make a choice between the crown and marriage and children. She chose the former, becoming an honorary man in public. When other women were able to marry and have children, this was a reminder of what she was unable to do so she punished them for it. At least Lettice lived to a ripe old age and took pleasure in the rest of her family.
You make some great points Susan, thanks 😊
@@HistoryRoadshow Thanks for your appreciation.
she was her moms daughter well deserved karma to elisabeth
Thankyou this was excellent 😊
You’re welcome 😊
The only contemporary portrait of Lettice Knollys is available to see at Longleat House, Wiltshire U.K.
Another great video Jon xx
Thank you Jess 😊
I really appreciated and respect this deep dive on her. I feel for both Lettice and Elizabeth. They were clearly bonded and that was challenging in that environment. Elizabeth couldn't marry the man she loved, common, that's really sad. I would be really upset too. Then her childhood companion gets to? I mean... that sucks. But also, it seems there was real love between Lettice and Dudley and Dudley couldn't marrry Elizabeth so, Lettice is like second choice, which is sad for her, sad for him... then of course Elizabeth's wrath on top of it. Just tragic all around.
Beat the odds and lived to old age, thank you.
Lettice favored Queen Elizabeth I a lot. It makes you wonder if Cahterine Carey was more than a first cousin to Elizabeth. Many believe Cahterine was Henry VIII's daughter. I could believe Henry would not acknowledge her when he bastardized both Mary and Elizabeth his known daughters. Maybe they were half-sisters and first cousins. There is no way to know now.
She lived longer than a lot of people live today.
She got Robert in the end. I’m sure Elizabeth would have liked to have been buried next to him.
Robert, in one of his letters said that she(Elizabeth) rules his heart and soul, that doesn't sound Lettice getting him
Not really. Her being buried next to him, especially when he didn’t want a grand burial like the one she gave him doesn’t mean she got him. He loved Elizabeth till his dying day. Elizabeth was always his priority.
@@bbybella9937 Elizabeth was the only love of Robert Dudley s life
Beautiful pronouncements of names.😊
Great video
Thank you Sue 😊
I love the story of Lettice . One of my favorite books is my enemy the queen.
Ancestor of the late QE2. I'm descended from her sister, Anne Knollys.
I've always been interested in Lettices' life the woman who took the favourite away from Queen Elizabeth 1, what a coup especially as the Queen had no knowledge of the secret love affair between the two of them, oh to have been a fly on the wall when she found out sparks must have flown. 😤😃
And then Elizabeth took him straight back. He spent more time with her than Lettice.
That doesn’t half look like Princess Anne in those illustrations.
I never knew of this Lady. Thank You for this video. I know need to do some more research. 👏🇦🇺
Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Lettice is one of my favorite women in history.
Thanks!
Enjoyed
Thank you 😊
its sad knowing that because of Lettice's secret marriage to Robert dudley she is known as "The other woman" or "The queen's enemy" she was much more than that,she was strong,determined and resilient.But i must admit that i feel bad for Elizabeth knowing that the love of her life married someone else.
Elizabeth and Lettice were such strong women.
He married not just someone else she was probably her niece that was what pained and enraged Elizabeth the most Lettice must have known this and this was a great betrayal because she was family and that Elizabeth could not forgive ever
I think this is the first video I haven’t heard her called 🥬.
Lol
I’ve never heard her caller anything but Lettice that’s hilarious that people are calling her lettuce 😂
@@TIFFANYDlAS The most commonly used pronunciation and certainly the one used by reputable historians and historical documentaries in the past is "LETT-iss" (like the vegetable)
"Le-TEECE" as used here is a very modern innovation (since the 1980s)
At least we can all agree it is Nolls not Noll-eese
I have a Welsch ancestor with that name, goodness knows how it was pronounced by the Welch.
@@susprime7018 My mother went to school in the 1930s/40s with half a dozen girls called Lettice it was a very fashionable name... all of them pronounced "LETT-iss" "Letty" for short,
and no "Le-TEECE"s at all
This is only half the story which is not a good thing. Elizabeth and Dudley were childhood lovers and her father, Henry VIII made a special law before he died that she was not allowed to marry without permission of the Privy Council. Can you imagine who they would approve for her (Cromwell and buddies)? Not Dudley (who they adamantly opposed). The idea presented by some out here that because she was a female she should not be allowed to be a queen and be a wife and mother is just enough to make me throw up. The hypocrisy that it is OK for males to play both roles but not for females.
Many people thought her mother was Henry VIII's illegitimate child.
Thank you for yet another insightful video. The one thing that particularly stands out for me is just how viciously Elizabeth would treat people she believed had slighted her. And Lettice is a prime example of this.
Thank you Angela 😊
Elizabeth did the right thing she was just not any woman she was a very near relative the queen treated her as she deserved
Interesting presentation marred by ghastly, ahistorical images.
This is my 12th grandmother!
The monarchy,especially the Tudor Era,they were Gods and Goddessess, at the center of the Galaxy controlling Their Kingly World. Every job,favor,every Courtly Connection to Kingship,possibilities to change ge their own lives everything rested on what the Monarch just..."felt like" that day
They were Gods in their own
*Galaxies* not just Masters of Their Domain but Every hope,desire,anger,chance,anything based on the whims of these King's and Queens. One wrong word ir mustake or even gossip you've taken no part of will chan ge your entire livelihood. I'm American,I'll never ever understand Momarchists. However at the Passing if Queen Elizabeth last September I saw what she meant to her Queendom...and I respected that and still do
Great comment, thanks 😊
@HistoryRoadshow Wow thank you ! You Hearted it even with all my sloppy errors due to me not wearing my glasses when I should so clearly have been. This is the fault of....Science...so I shall not go and Edit out my Typos.
Also when you get a Heart or any accolade by the Channelview Owner on a comment and then must edit it, YT drops it. *sobs* Just Drops it UA-cam Learned to Rule from Richard II
We all make mistakes. It's what makes us human and imperfect. So please don't worry!
Great video about an interesting lady. Do you think she was Elizabeth’s niece or her half sister? Or am I getting my ladies mixed up? Age is not kind sometimes 😂😂🙏🙏🙏👍🇦🇺
Grand niece I think, it gets confusing at times! Thanks as always 😊
Thank you, you’re right , I can get a tad confusing 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
Why is the depiction of Christopher Blount so old while she's looking young? Lettice was several years older than him, and I don't think he was such a prematurely aged man. The age difference was one of the factors that people gave the side eye to, the other part is that he was Leicester's Master of Horse, meaning he was very close with her husband and knew her well too.
My ancestor!
I’m curious; why are the Leicester’s effigies wearing crowns? I thought they might be extravagant coronets but aren’t those reserved for dukes?
I always pronounce her name like the vegetable, lettuce.
You stated that Mary Cresswell's life became a well known tale. Im not familiar with it. Can someone fill me in? Nothing came up when i Googlef Mary Cressweell. When i Googlef Mary Cresswell -Lettice Knollys this video came up.
Aka Mary Gunter an English Catholic ward and servant who became a celebrated convert to Protestantism.
@@HistoryRoadshow Thank you, Jon. I am pleased to say I did find a Wikipedia for Mary Gunter.
Lettice Knollys is often portrayed as a woman who always wanted what she didn't have. I wonder what she would have been like in more modern times with more outlets for her ambitions. For some reason I keep seeing her as the owner/operator of a highly successful escort service to the nobility and other A-listers. Like the sort of person you'd turn to for help if a Russian billionaire or a Saudi prince was in town and you were in charge of finding them a playmate for the evening.
Interesting perception, thanks for watching 😊
I see her as real estate heiress and a landlady ...it's all about our own perseverance.
You are spot on she was a trollop
Elizabeth was a bit petty. She wouldn't or couldn't marry Robert so I guess no one else should either.
I personally think Robert just got fed up waiting. The final nail was Elizabeth's refusal after Kenilworth. He'd already began flirting with Lettice. Thanks 😊
Elizabeth was not being petty at all. She was in love with him and Lettuce very well knew it. It's just like confiding to your sister or best friend about the man you love and then having her steal him away from you. It's incredibly painful and hard to get over...
Elizabeth was a lot petty 🤷
@@seanal5405So does it mean if you loved someone yet you cannot marry him or her, then that person must not marry anyone else since everybody knew that you are in love with that person?
@@seanal5405 so wtf if she was in love with him?! people who love each other more than life break up for less all the time she made a decision not to marry but she had no right to demand that of him lol the ugly bitch thought he would wait on her forever
Wasn’t she Elizabeth’s cousin through her aunt Mary Boleyn? I know Elizabeth had a few cousins at court
Mary Boleyn was Lettice grandmother. Elizabeth had a lot of cousins at court. She has 2 maternal cousins but then she had more cousins on the paternal side. Mary Tudor had two daughters. One of them was a schemer. Margaret Tudor her youngest child also named Margaret was at court. Henry Carey and Katherine Knolley had such large families that there would have been cousins everywhere
I always have felt bad for Elizabeth”a women. She never wanted them to get married so they did it in secrete and we're always punished.
Thanks as always Liam 😊
How was she the niece of Queen Elizabeth I? Queen Elizabeth didn't have any siblings due to Anne Bolin
Bolyns death by beheading when Queen Elizabeth I was at age of 3 years old.
Rumors Catherine(Mary Boylen’s daughter) was fathered by King Henry VIII so makes her half sister to Elizabeth I and makes Lettice her niece/cousin 😳
Oh she is the lady that went against bros before hos. Man they were bad friends at the end. I would have been just as angry as Elizabeth so I get it. She really loves forbidden love though, weird and cool. That is so sad, Elizabeth come on, forgive her, so sad.
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Thank you 😊
I notice you do not include the fact that Lettice and Elizabeth were first cousins...
Elizabeth was first cousin to Lettice's mother Catherine Carey through their mothers being the Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary respectively. Catherine was supposed to have been fathered secretly by Henry VIII, making Catherine and Elizabeth also half-sisters.
Great video... She really annoys me but great video :) Bravo, Jon!!
She annoys you 😂 thanks for watching and your support 😊
Elizabethan cult? Did I hear that correctly in the intro? 😅
12th GGM
Mine too 😊
I live for this channel. Its stories of my ancestors and their contemporaries. Idky, but it gives me such comfort.
What a lovely thing to say, thank you 😊
Awesome job yet again Jon. Superb video.
Much appreciated Tracy thank you 😊