Elizabeth Knollys (born on 15 June 1549-died 1605), the second daughter and one of the 15 children of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey, who was the daughter of Sir William Carey and Mary Boleyn. This made Elizabeth the grand-niece of Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII & Mary I & Elizabeth I cousin. She had 11 surviving siblings, the eldest of whom, Lettice Knollys, would later be banished from the court of Elizabeth I.