Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland

Francis Manners Rutland, 6th Earl of Rutland (1578–1632), was an English nobleman. He was also the eighteenth Baron de Ros.

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1578 - 1632 - English

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He married twice: first, in 1604, Countess Frances, a widow and the daughter of Sir Edward Knyvett. She bore him a daughter, Katherine, who became the Duchess of Buckingham, and died in 1608.

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1604 - Edward Knyvett - Katherine - 1608

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His second wife, Countess Cecilia, also a widow, was the daughter of Sir John Tufton. She married the Earl in 1608 and had two sons, Henry and Francis.

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He lived at Belvoir Castle in Lincolnshire. In 1618, three women who worked at his castle were executed for witchcraft, having supposedly caused the premature deaths of his sons.

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Belvoir Castle - Lincolnshire - 1618 - Witchcraft

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