Amy Robsart’s death is one of the main enduring Tudor mysteries (right up there with who killed the princes in the Tower, and did Catherine…
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Tag: Robert Dudley
Earlier this week, I uploaded a post about the birth of Robert Dudley, Jr. that mentioned a letter that Leicester sent to a lady who…
Douglas Howard was the most famous woman you likely never heard of. As the daughter of William Howard, Baron Effingham, the fifteen-year-old Douglas was given…
Philip Sidney was an English poet, one of the intellectual lights of Elizabeth I’s court. His works include Astrophel and Stella, The Defence of Poesy…
From the very start of her reign, Elizabeth gave Robert Dudley rich gifts – indeed, he was the top recipient of her royal largesse –…
Robert Devereux was the son of Lettice Knollys and her first husband, Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex (I’ve got a post on her here…
This was one of the greatest betrayals of Elizabeth’s life (and this was a woman who suffered a bunch of disappointments): Robert Dudley was the…
November 8, 1543 – Birth of Lettice Knollys, one of the best known figures of Elizabeth I’s court. Read more about her at www.janetwertman.com
August 29, 1588 – Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, writes his last letter to Elizabeth I. Read it on www.janetwertman.com
