Template:Wp-Elizabeth Knollys

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Elizabeth Knollys, Lady Leighton (15 June 1549 – c.1605), was an English courtier who served Queen Elizabeth I of England, first as a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber.^[1] Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made her a cousin once removed of the Queen. Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Leighton of Feckenham in Worcestershire in 1578.^[1] He served as Governor of Jersey and Guernsey.

She is sometimes mistakenly referred to in documents as "Cecilia", which was the name of her youngest sister.