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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646) was the son and heir of the unfortunate Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and succeeded to his father's title in 1604, three years after the previous earl had been executed for treason.
		Essex's marriage to Frances Howard[?] in 1606, was not successful, and their subsequent divorce made him a laughing-stock, as she alleged that he was incapable of having sexual relations.
		His former wife proceeded to marry Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset[?], and was tried for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, who had interfered with her ambitions as well as her love life.
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	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
		Robert Devereux, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is the best-known of the many holders of the title "Earl of Essex".
		Born at Netherwood in 1566, Devereux was brought up largely on his father's estate in Wales, and was educated at Cambridge.
		Devereux's title was inherited by his son, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.
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	Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of - MSN Encarta
		Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566-1601), English court favorite and statesman, who acted against the wishes of Queen Elizabeth I and paid for it with his life.
		Essex distinguished himself at the Battle of Zutphen, in The Netherlands, and thereafter began to rise in the favor of Elizabeth.
		Later, when Essex tried to incite insurrection in London to compel Elizabeth to remove his enemies from her council, he was imprisoned and condemned to death.
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	Luminarium Encyclopedia: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, (c. 1566-1601)
		son of the 1st Devereux earl, was born at Netherwood, Herefordshire, on the 19th of November 1566.
		In 1599, while Ulster was in rebellion under the earl of Tyrone, the office of lieutenant and governor-general of Ireland was conferred on Essex, and a large force put at his command.
		Essex was in person tall and well proportioned, with a countenance which, though not strictly handsome, possessed, on account of its bold, cheerful and amiable expression, a wonderful power of fascination.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/essex.htm (843 words)

	Essex Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of (1566-1601), English court favourite and statesman, who acted against the wishes of Queen Elizabeth I and paid...
		Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was a dazzling but paranoid figure.
		Essex, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of (1591-1646), English parliamentary general, son of the 2nd Earl of Essex, born in London.
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	Essex Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Devereux, Walter, 1st Earl of Essex and 2nd Viscount of Hereford: Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of
		Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of (1532?-1588), English soldier and statesman, and a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. The son of John Dudley, duke of...
		Devereux, Walter, 1st Earl of Essex (1541-1576), English soldier and statesman, who was created Earl of Essex by Elizabeth I in 1572.
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	Earl of Essex
		Robert Devereux, the young Earl of Essex, was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Robert Devereux was handsome, witty, arrogant and ambitious and the Queen heaped favours upon her favourite.
		Essex came back without leave; and one morning came straight into her dressing chamber, where she was sitting, with her thin grey hair being combed, before she put on one of her thirty wigs, or painted her face.
		Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex was arrested and convicted of treason.
	www.elizabethan-era.org.uk /earl-of-essex.htm (739 words)

	[ content-available.be \| Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (January 11, 1591 â“ 14 September 1646), was the son heir of the pained Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, succeeded to their father's standard in 1604, six second childhood after the former Earl had old-time executed for treason.
		Essex's coupling to Frances Howard in 1606 wasn't successful, their subsequent divorce made him a laughing-stock, as she alleged that he was incapable of having sexual relations.
		His former wife proceeded to marry Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, was true-blue for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, who had interfered with her ambitions as vigorous as her enchantment life.
	www.content-available.be /Robert_Devereux,_3rd_Earl_of_Essex (373 words)

	Earl of Essex - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Earl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals, of which the best-known and most closely associated with the title was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566 - 1601).
		The third creation was for Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1239, whose father Henry had married Maud, sister of William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville.
		The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Essex are: Viscount Malden, of Malden in the County of Essex (created 1661), and Baron Capell, of Hadham in the County of Hertford (1641).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Earl_of_Essex (539 words)

	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord Essex was born at Netherwood, Cumbria, in 1566, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys.
		Essex was found guilty and, on the 25th of February 1601, was beheaded on Tower Green.
		The classic movie on the relations of the Earl and The Queen is the 1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn; it is based on Lytton Strachey's romantic account, Elizabeth and Essex.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex (1724 words)

	BBC - History - Robert Devereux, 19th (2nd Devereux) Earl of Essex, (1566 - 1601)
		Robert Devereux was a courtier and soldier, famous for his charm and for his position as royal favourite in the court of Elizabeth I. Background
		Devereux was the son of Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys.
		Then within two years his mother married the Earl of Leicester, who was the then favourite of Queen Elizabeth, so despite his poverty he was well placed to make a fine career after his studies at Cambridge.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/devereux_robert.shtml (541 words)

	Robert DEVEREUX (2° E. Essex)
		Passing over the intermediate generations, we draw attention to Walter Devereux, Lord Hereford, born 1541, and married in 1561 to Lettice, the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, Knight of the Garter.
		Essex became Elizabeth’s master of horse in 1587 and was given the Order of the Garter, the oldest and highest of honors, in 1588.
		Essex became a national hero in 1596, when he shared command of the expedition that captured Cádiz, his popularity threatening to eclipse that of the Queen.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertDevereux(2EEssex).htm (1160 words)

	Roberto Devereux - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex an influential member of Queen Elizabeth's court.
		Robert Devereux was the subject of at three least French plays: Le Comte d'Essex by Pierre Corneille, Le Comte d'Essex by La Calprenede, and the source of this opera Elisabeth d'Angleterre by Francois Ancelot.
		Robert and Sara had been lovers, but while Robert was fighting in Ireland, the Queen forced Sara to married Nottingham.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Roberto_Devereux (499 words)

	The ECW Pages - The Earl of Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason in 1601.
		Essex married Frances Howard, countess of Suffolk, in 1606, but was divorced by James I so that she could marry his favourite.
		Essex' army was defeated at Lostwithiel (Aug 1644), but he escaped by boat to Plymouth.
	www.earlofessex.org.uk /ecw/people/essex.html (258 words)

	Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, (circa 1532 - 1588) was the long-standing favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and almost became her husband.
		Dudley was born around 1532, a younger son of the Duke of Northumberland, who was executed in 1553 for his part in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England.
		Dudley was always a ladies' man. He married, secretly, in 1573, the widowed Lady Sheffield but later deserted her in favour of Lettice Knollys -- widow of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Elizabeth's own cousin on her mother's side -- a marriage which offended the queen mightily.
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	Essex
		The fiery temper of the Queen and Earl, which brought about the catastrophe, is seen in her refusal to allow him any longer an income from his monopoly of sweet wines.
		That Essex possessed a ring given him by the Queen, as a Royal Talisman, is unquestionable, despite the unwarranted doubts cast upon the story by Strachey.
		The story runs that the Queen gave Essex a ring, with the intimation that if ever he were in difficulties of any kind, its return to her would serve as a signal of distress.
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	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		He was born at Netherwood in 1566, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex and Lettice Knollys.
		Robert Devereux was brought up largely on his father's estate in Wales, and was educated at Cambridge.
		In Ireland, he was charged with putting down the rebellion of Hugh O'Neill Earl of Tyrone, but instead signed a humiliating truce with the rebels.
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	Essex, Robert Devereux, 2d earl of — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But Essex was too obvious and impetuous in his demands on the queen; Elizabeth was wary, and gradually she conferred the power he sought on Burghley's son, Robert Cecil (later earl of
		Northampton, Henry Howard, earl of - Northampton, Henry Howard, earl of, 1540–1614, English courtier; son of the poet, Henry...
		Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3d earl of - Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3d earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman and patron of...
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	Essex's Rebellion
		Essex was kept under house arrest for nearly a year as he had fled his Irish command.
		It was claimed by witnesses that Smythe visited Essex House on the evening of the 7th, that he had also reiterated his loyalty to the Earl through Edward Bromley, and that he knew of the rising by 5 o'clock on the Sunday morning at the latest.
		Robert Catesby, even though he had been previously arrested on suspicion in 1596 during an illness of Queen Elizabeth - a stomach complaint at first diagnosed as a catholic attempt to poison her - was imprisoned after being wounded during the short battle at Essex house.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/Essex_rebellion.htm (1743 words)

	Tower of London: Britain's Heritage and History
		Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex, is one of England's most romantic heroes, cutting a dashing figure through Elizabethan history.
		Find out how the Earl went from the Queen's favourite to an executed traitor, discover what part Shakespeare played, and see a full scale replica of the execution scaffold, the first to be seen in the tower since his death 1601.
		Though never the Queen's lover as was later suggested (he was thirty years her junior), the Earl of Essex was the last in a long line of Queen Elizabeth's favourites.
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	Essex
		Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of (1566-1601), English court favourite and statesman, who acted against the wishes of Queen Elizabeth I and paid for it with his life.
		Essex distinguished himself at the Battle of Zutphen, in the Netherlands, and thereafter began to rise in the favour of Elizabeth.
		Essex's rebellion leading to his beheading 25 Mar 1601.
	www.geocities.com /garydanvers/Essex.html (385 words)

	Watford Museum: Cassiobury Collection: The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House
		The Earls of Essex, their wives and children
		In 1599, Devereux was sent to Ireland to quell the rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.
		On 25 February 1601, Robert Devereux was beheaded on Tower Hill.
	www.watfordmuseum.org.uk /cassiobury/galleries/robert_devereux.html (119 words)

	Robert Lacey
		At the end of the 16th century, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, embodied the brilliance of the Elizabethan age.
		But the love of Essex and Elizabeth was no springtime idyll, and it ended cruelly.
		Elizabeth was left defenceless against her only remaining suitor, old age, while Essex went to his execution in 1601.
	www.robertlacey.com /robertofessex.html (127 words)

	The ECW Pages - The Earl of Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		on of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was executed for treason in 1601.
		Essex was appointed Lord General of the Parliamentary army in July, 1642.
		Essex continued to sit in parliament until his death in 1646.
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	Robert Essex - Moviefone
		Robert Devereux, the last of Queen Elizabeth I's favourites, was the son of Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys.
		Phoenix: Robert, Earl of Essex: An Elizabethan Icarus by Robert Lacey (March 2002) ISBN 1-84212-285-1; The Polarisation of Elizabethan Politics: The...
		Robert Essex - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Robert Essex Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/robert-essex/22151/main (128 words)

	Essex Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Essex Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of (1566-1601), English court favorite and statesman, who acted against the wishes of Queen Elizabeth I and paid...
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