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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG, PC (24 June 1532 [note 1] – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years. [1] [2]
A printed copy of the original edition of Leicester's Commonwealth. Leicester's Commonwealth (originally titled The Copie of a Leter wryten by a Master of Arts of Cambrige) (1584) is a scurrilous book that circulated in Elizabethan England and attacked Queen Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
English: Facsimile of a letter written by Amy Dudley, nee Robsart (1532–1560), wife of Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester. Dated 24 August 1560, 15 days before her death, she wrote to her London Taylor, William Edney, regarding one of her dresses.
Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I of England.She is primarily known for her death by falling down a flight of stairs, the circumstances of which have often been regarded as suspicious.
3: Grey of Ruthin (heiress of Dudley, for Elizabeth Grey, paternal grandmother of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester) 4: Gules, a lion rampant or a bordure engrailed of the last (Talbot (heiress of Grey), here shown incorrectly with field azure - unless intended for Belleme: Azure, a lion rampant and a bordure or , quartered by Talbot, often ...
Nicolas Hilliard, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1576. Station of the Savage Man and Eccho: Gascoigne himself, dressed as a "sauage man," meets Elizabeth on her way back from hunting. [6] Together with an actor in the guise of Eccho, he engages in a versified dialogue praising the beauty and grandeur of the Queen. This event is credited to ...
Still, Dudley always "remained at the centre of [Elizabeth's] emotional life", as historian Susan Doran has described the situation. [11] He died shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. After Elizabeth's own death, a note from him was found among her most personal belongings, marked "his last letter" in her handwriting. [12]
Sir Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 – 6 September 1649) was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the bulk of the Earl's estate in accordance with his father's will, including Kenilworth ...