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So let's get right into it. So today we are going to talk about

a woman who lived a very scandalous life. Could have been any kind of soap opera, really. And that is

Dorothy Percy born Dorothy Devereaux. We've talked about some of the other Devereaux children, her siblings,

like Robert Devereaux, who was the Earl of Essex, who famously rebelled against Elizabeth after having

been her favorite for quite some time. Also, Penelope Devereaux was her older sister. She was

linked to Sir Philip Sidney, was supposedly the muse for Astrophil and Stella.

These children, they lived life on their own terms. Sometimes for better, sometimes for not so

better. So Dorothy Percy, born Dorothy Devereaux, lived a life that could rival any soap opera.

She made bold choices. There was family drama drama and she had her fair share of scandal.

She was the daughter of Lettis Noles and Walter Devereaux, the first Earl of Essex, which made her part of one of the most influential families of the time.

So if we remember her mother, Latee Snells, Elizabeth the first's favorite, Robert Dudley, her true love.

After it became clear that Elizabeth wasn't going to marry Robert Dudley, Robert marries Lettis Noles, and Elizabeth flips out and banishes Latice from court.

Latice actually gave that streak of defiance to her daughter.

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