Earl Robert of Leicester Dudley
1532 - 1588 (55 years)
1504 - 1555 (51 years)-
Name Robert of Leicester Dudley [1, 2] Title Earl Birth 24 Jun 1532 Sheen Palace, Surrey, England 
[1, 2] Christening Northumberland, Northumberland, England [1, 2] Gender Male Death 1588 [1, 2] Burial Collegiate Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England [1, 2] Person ID I45686 The Kingealogy Last Modified 30 Jan 2015
Father Duke John Northumberland Dudley, b. 1502, Warwick, Sussex, England d. 1553 (Age 51 years) Relationship Natural Mother Jane Guildford, b. 1504, The South Ports, Northumberland, England d. 22 Jan 1555, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England (Age 51 years) Relationship Natural Marriage 1530 Holden, Kent, England [1, 2] Family ID F16501 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth Tudor, b. 07 Sep 1533, Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, Kent, England d. 24 Mar 1603, Unmarried (Age 69 years) Marriage Widely believed to have been lovers although they could not marry. [1, 2] Family ID F17511 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2015
Family 2 Amy Robsart, b. 1532, Stansfield Hall, Norfolk, England d. 08 Sep 1560, Sp, Cumnor Place, Berkshire, England (Age 28 years) Marriage 04 Jun 1549 Sheen Palace, Surrey, England [1, 2] Family ID F17509 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2015
Family 3 Douglas Howard, b. Abt 1538, Lambeth, Surrey, England d. 11 Dec 1608 (Age 70 years) Marriage May 1572 Esher, Surrey, England [1, 2] Children 1. Robert Dudley, b. 07 Aug 1574, Sheen Palace, Surrey, England d. 06 Sep 1649, Florence, Italy (Age 75 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]Family ID F17513 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2015
Family 4 Lettice Knollys, b. 1540, Wanstead, Warwickshire, England d. 25 Dec 1634, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England (Age 94 years) Marriage 21 Sep 1577 Wanstead, Warwickshire, England [1, 2] Children 1. Robert Dudley, b. 1579, Wanstead, Warwickshire, England d. 1684 (Age 105 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]Family ID F17510 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jan 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - 24 Jun 1532 - Sheen Palace, Surrey, England 
Christening - - Northumberland, Northumberland, England Marriage - 04 Jun 1549 - Sheen Palace, Surrey, England 
Marriage - May 1572 - Esher, Surrey, England 
Marriage - 21 Sep 1577 - Wanstead, Warwickshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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It is widely believed that Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was the lover of Queen Elizabet h of England, but that she could not marry him because he was married to another woman. Thi s is one of the great questions of history that has often been asked but will never be answer ed.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of , 15321588, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabe th I. A younger son of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, he was early brought into the soc iety of Edward VI and Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth. Knighted at an early age, Dudley marr ied Amy Robsart in 1549 and received preferment from the crown. Upon Edward's death (1553), h e aided his father in the plot to place Lady Jane Grey upon the throne, was sent to the Towe r of London, and condemned to death. He was later released, pardoned, and, after military ser vice in France, restored to his rights (perhaps through the intervention of Mary I's husband , Philip II of Spain). On the accession of Elizabeth (1558), Dudley was made master of the ho rse and later a privy councillor. Within a year he was acknowledged as her favorite and as he r most probable choice for a husband. His wife's mysterious death in 1560 darkened his reputa tion. He then proposed (1561) to Philip II to restore Roman Catholicism in England in retur n for Philip's endorsement of Dudley's marriage to Elizabeth. By 1563, Elizabeth seems to hav e realized the impracticality of marriage with Dudley, but her personal feeling toward him di d not change, and he remained in a position of influence at court. She offered his hand to Ma ry Queen of Scots and, to facilitate this scheme, created him earl of Leicester (1564), but t he plan was halted by Mary's marriage to Lord Darnley. Leicester married secretly in 1573 an d in 1578 (perhaps bigamously) wed the countess of Essex, an act that led to a temporary estr angement from Elizabeth. From about 1564, Leicester was leader at court of the Puritan party , which desired war with Spain. In 1585 he was named commander of an expedition to help the U nited Provinces of the Netherlands against Spain. His military efforts were undistinguished , and he enraged Elizabeth by accepting (1586) the title of governor of the Netherlands. He w as finally recalled in 1587. Upon the approach of the Spanish Armada (1588), Leicester was ap pointed captain general of the armies. Leicester was a patron of letters and the drama. The f irst royal patent for actors was granted to his company.
See M. Waldman, Elizabeth and Leicester (1944, repr. 1969); E. Rosenberg, Leicester, Patron o f Letters (1955); R. C. Strong and J. A. Van Dorsten, Leicester's Triumph (1964).
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