== Infanzia ==Lord Essex nacque a Netherwood, Cumbria, nel 1567, figlio di Walter Devereux, I conte di Essex e Lettice Knollys. ###>== Early life ==Essex was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys.