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	Luminarium Encyclopedia: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (c.1531-1588)
		Robert Dudley, the subject of this article, was an elder brother of Guildford, and shared at that time in the misfortunes of the whole family.
		Long afterwards, in the days of James I, her son, Sir Robert Dudley, a man of extraordinary talents, sought to establish his legitimacy; but his suit was suddenly brought to a stop, the witnesses discredited and the documents connected with it sealed up by an order of the Star Chamber.
		An Engraving of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/leicester.htm (1865 words)

	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
		He was the son of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland, and Protector of England during the reign of Edward VI.
		In 1550, Robert married Amy Robsart, the daughter of a Norfolk squire.
		Robert stayed in the Netherlands until 1587, although he did return to England during the Mary Queen of Scots crisis of 1586/7, and was present in England when Mary was executed.
	www.elizabethi.org /us/queensmen/robertdudley.htm (1927 words)

	Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (or Leycester), (June 24, 1532 – September 4, 1588) was the long-standing favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and almost became her husband.
		Dudley was born about 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 is thought to have secretly married the widowed Lady Douglas Sheffield in 1573.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Dudley,_Earl_of_Leicester (1029 words)

	Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (or Leycester), (June 24, 1532 - September 4, 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.
		Rumours about their relationship were rife, and when, in 1560, Dudley's wife, Amy, died after falling down a flight of stairs in mysterious circumstances, it was widely believed that he had arranged her murder in order to free himself to marry the queen.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester (1016 words)

	Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A younger son of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, he was early brought into the society of Edward VI and Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth.
		She offered his hand to Mary Queen of Scots and, to facilitate this scheme, created him earl of Leicester (1564), but the plan was halted by Mary's marriage to Lord Darnley.
		Leicester married secretly in 1573 and in 1578 (perhaps bigamously) wed the countess of Essex, an act that led to a temporary estrangement from Elizabeth.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LeicestR1.asp (694 words)

	ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL OF LEICESTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Robert Dudley, the subject of this article, was an elder brother of Guildford, and shared at that time in the misfortunes of the whole family.
		Long afterwards, in the days of James I., her son, Sir Robert Dudley, a man of extraordinary talents, sought to establish his legitimacy; but his suit was suddenly brought to a stop, the witnesses discredited and the documents connected with it sealed up by an order of the Star Chamber.
		This marriage, at all events, tended to Leicesters discredit and was kept secret at first; but it was revealed to the queen in 1579 by Simier, an emissary of the duke of Alenon, to whose projected match with Elizabeth the earl seemed to be the principal obstacle.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEICESTER_ROBERT_DUDLEY_EARL_OF.htm (1616 words)

	ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF LEICESTER - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF LEICESTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626), second son of Sir Henry Sidney (q.v.), was born on the igth of November 1563, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, afterwards travelling on the Continent for some years between 1578 and 1583.
		Leicester was a man of taste and a patron of literature, whose cultured mode of life at his country seat, Penshurst, was celebrated in verse by Ben Jonson.
		Of his nine daughters, the eldest, Dorothy, the " Sacharissa " of the poet Waller, married Robert Spencer, 2nd earl of Sunderland; and Lucy married John Pelham, by whom she was the ancestress of the iSth-century statesmen, Henry Pelham, and Thomas Pelham, duke of Newcastle.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEICESTER_ROBERT_SIDNEY_EARL_OF.htm (758 words)

	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1566 - 25 February 1601), favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England, is the best-known of the many holders of the title "Earl of Essex".
		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.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex (682 words)

	Britannia Biographies: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
		Robert Dudley, the favourite and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, was the fifth son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guildford.
		Leicester, as prime favourite, was the incessant bugbear and terror of Cecil and the old Catholic nobles.
		Leicester certainly knew of the conspiracy of the Northern Earls in 1569 and may, perhaps, have been thinking of providing for his own safety in the event of its success; but, upon its failure, he had no difficulty in proving to Cecil that he had betrayed the conspirators.
	www.britannia.com /bios/lords/leicesterrd.html (731 words)

	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532?-1588), Favourite of Elizabeth I
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532?-1588), Favourite of Elizabeth I
		Described by a contemporary as ‘A light and greedy man’, Leicester was Elizabeth I’s only serious English suitor after her accession to the thone, and her favourite throughout his life.
		Leicester commanded the unsuccessful force against Spain in the Netherlands (1585), and was involved in a number of scandals and intrigues.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02686 (206 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg193 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Robert DUDLEY [Parents] was born on 24 Jun 1532 in Of, Sheen, Surrey, England.
		Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of, 1532–1588, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. A younger son of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, he was early brought into the society of Edward VI and Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth.
		Robert DUDLEY was born on 7 Aug 1574 in Sheen Palace, Surrey, England.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg193.htm (2147 words)

	Lady Douglas Sheffield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Lady Douglas (or alternatively, Douglass) Sheffield is most widely known as the mother of Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, the illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
		Douglas then accused Leicester of attempting to poison her and brought a suit of breach of promise against him in the Star Chamber, but her suit was dismissed.
		Stafford was appointed English ambassador to the court of Henry III of France and Douglas and son Robert accompanied him to Paris.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lady_Douglas_Sheffield (408 words)

	Robert DUDLEY (1º E. Leicester)
		Robert was the fifth child of thirteen, but not all his siblings survived into adulthood, and even of those that did, only Ambrose, Mary and Catherine survived into the reign of Elizabeth I.
		Henry and Robert Dudley joined the forces of Felipe II and went to fight in France and took part in the battle of St. Quentin, where Henry was killed.
		Robert was and remained a close friend of Paget's sons, the younger of whom recalled some twenty years after these events the Duchess of Northumberland's affection for him and Robert's respect for his father.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertDudley(1ELeicester).htm (3684 words)

	In Search of Shakespeare . Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester \| PBS
		Robert Dudley's father, the Duke of Northumberland, had been executed in 1553.
		Dudley himself was sentenced to death by Mary I at the start of her bloody reign, but was later freed to serve in the army against the French.
		A curious mix of Puritan zeal (he pursued enemies among Catholic sympathizers relentlessly) and artistic patron (he established the Earl of Leicester's Men which featured James Burbage) he was less successful as a commander of armies in foreign campaigns.
	www.pbs.org /shakespeare/players/player47.html (211 words)

	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
		Robert was born in 1532, the son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guilford.
		Leicester (as he was known then) later involved himself in an invalid marriage to Douglas Sheffield (Lady Douglas), which he kept secret.
		This union produced a son, Robert (who later became a Knight) and a daughter, Douglas (there were no problems with names back then!) He then married a woman by the name of Letitia Knollys in September of 1578, a widow of his rival, Walter Devereux (1541?-76), 1st earl of Essex.
	www.legendofdudleytown.com /bob.html (634 words)

	Leicester, Earl of Biography / Biography of Leicester, Earl of Biography Biography
		Robert was brought to court and knighted during the reign of Edward VI.
		The Dudley family and its fortunes were suddenly eclipsed by the death of Edward and by the abortive attempt of Northumberland and his sons to depose Mary Tudor in favor of Lady Jane Grey.
		Leicester's presumption upon Elizabeth's favor antagonized both the older nobility and the inner ring of royal ministers, and his petulant interference with every marriage proposal the Queen received did nothing to allay old suspicions.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-leicester-earl-of (689 words)

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		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, dies of old age in England.
		September 1649 Robert Dudley, SON of the Earl of Leicester, dies of old age in Florence, Italy.
		Sibe Dudley, daughter of Barzillai, is born in Cornwall.
	www.angelfire.com /music/innovativeechos/DUDLEYTOWN/history.html (429 words)

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		Knighted by the Earls of Essex and Nottingham in 1596.
		Dudley should be seen as a practical man, able in mathematics, who entered into all of the technological activities that demanded mathematical expertise.
		Dudley also developed a powder of supposedly (in the 17th century style) extraordinary medicinal power (but apparently used primarily as a purge), which made it into all the pharmacopaeias.
	galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/dudley.html (920 words)

	Leicester & Essex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by Steven van der Muelen, c.1560's.
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by Steven van der Muelen, 1565.
		Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester by an unknown artist, c.1575.
	www.tudor-portraits.com /Leicester_&_Essex.htm (67 words)

	Household Accounts and Disbursement Books of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1558—61, 1584—86 - Cambridge ...
		Robert Dudley, the first Earl of Leicester, was a leading figure at the court of Elizabeth I. This is the only collection of such information in print for such a prominent and notorious courtier and, as such, provides a valuable insight into the personal finances of members of the Elizabethan court.
		The proceeding at the Earl of Leicesters funeral [10 October 1588]; 14.
		The funeral of the Earl of Leicester, 10 October 1588; Index of servants; Glossary.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521551560&print=y (357 words)

	Robert DUDLEY (E. Warwick)
		The Earl of Leicester is thought to have married Douglas in 1573, but always denied it, but Robert had been acknowledged by his father since his birth, and Leicester supervised his upbringing and education.
		In 1596 he went with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, to attack the Spanish at Cadiz.
		Under oath, Douglas swore that Leicester had solemnly contracted to marry her in Cannon Row, Westminster in 1571 and that the marriage was at Esher in Surrey in May 1573.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertDudley(EWarwick).htm (871 words)

	On the Descendants of Robert Dudley
		Sir Robert left his wife and 4 daughters in England (well cared for) and took his mistress Elizabeth Southwell (disguised as a boy) and went to Italy.
		Because of the lingering antagonistic attitudes between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church, it was easy for Sir Robert to obtain a dispensation from the Pope for a divorce, and he married his mistress there and had 13 children.
		He died in Florence in September 1649, a well respected man. Upon his death, his son Charles took the title "Duke of Northumberland." Sir Robert's wife Elizabeth was styled "Duchess Dudley," and there is a monument to her in the church of St. Pancratius in Florence.
	www.dudleygenealogy.com /robdesc.html (746 words)

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		For Leicester's sake and for England's sake, she played off against one another the Continental lovers who sought her hand, until she was strong enough to challenge the greatest military and naval power in the world.
		Dudley was lodged by the Queen next to her own room- which he occupied for years-giving out the excuse that the downstairs rooms were damp.
		Madly in love with Dudley and resolved to have her own way, resolute not to marry any foreigner whom she had not seen or did not know, either to satisfy her own people or Catholic Christendom, she fences and hedges and flirts with everyone until England is strong enough to defy Spain.
	www.sirbacon.org /links/marriageofet.htm (2790 words)

	Encyclopedia: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (also referred to as Lord Leycester such as at the Lord Leycester Hospital.
		Warwick), (circa 1532 - 1588) was the long-standing favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and almost became her husband.
		Eventually restored to Elizabeth's favour, Dudley was placed in command of the Dutch campaign of 1585, culminating in the Battle of Zutphen.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Dudley,-Earl-of-Leicester (1030 words)

	Portrait of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Portrait of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester (1532-1588)
		The Earl is by now an old man, after the vigour of younger images such as that by Stephen van der Meulen (Wallace Collection), but the strength of character and aristocratic hauteur are still readily apparent.
		Robert Dudley was a younger son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.
	historicalportraits.com /p_view.asp?ID=230DA4B44319402CBF3064AC3525DD7D (556 words)

	Leicester, Vermont, New England, USA
		However, Dudley had been dead for nearly two centuries in Wentworth's time, and there was no Earl of Leicester when this town was named.
		Some of the grantees came from Massachusetts where Leicester already was well established, named for the English town at the time of its incorporation in 1713.
		Leicester in England, already old in Norman times, was particularly well known as the place where Richard III spent the night before he was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field; his body was brought there for burial after the battle.
	www.virtualvermont.com /towns/leicester.html (458 words)

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