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According to his father, Thomas was born on the Wednesday before Candlemas Day 1558. [1] He was the seventh, and youngest, of Francis and Catherine's sons.[2]
Sir Thomas Knollys was a commander in the Low Countries under Maurice, Prince of Orange during the Eighty Years' War, and, in 1568, was subsequently appointed as Governor of Ostend. [3] At about the same time as the receipt of his governorship, Thomas was knighted in the Low Countries by Lord Willoughby. [4]
In 1588 he was prominent in his aid to Peregrine Bertie at the seige of Bergen. In about 1589 Thomas married Odelia de Morada, daughter of the Marquis of Bergen,[5] and they had one known daughter, Penelope. [3]
Background information on the portrait of Sir Thomas Knollys
* WikiTree profile Knollys-54 created through the import of Newmans.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Kathryn Newman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kathryn and others.
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