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Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Queen Elizabeth's favourite, fifth son of the Duke of Northumberland; won the queen's favour by his handsome appearance and courtly address; received many offices and honours, and on the death, under suspicious circumstances, of his Countess, Amy Robsart, aspired to her hand; still favoured, in spite of his unpopularity in the country, he was proposed as husband to Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1563; he married the dowager Lady Sheffield in 1573, and afterwards bigamously the Countess of Essex; after a short term of disfavour he was appointed commander in the Netherlands, and subsequently at Tilbury Fort, but proved an incapable soldier (1532-1588).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/leicester-robert-dudley-earl-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/leicester-robert-dudley-earl-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
