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Francis Manners, 6th Earl Of Rutland




He was the second son of John Manners, 4th Earl Of Rutland and his wife Elizabeth Charlton. He was a younger brother of Roger Manners, 5th Earl Of Rutland and older brother of George Manners, 7th Earl Of Rutland .

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 .

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.

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.