Robert DUDLEY, 1st Earl of Leicester

1532 - 1588  (56 years)

• Name	Robert DUDLEY  [1]
  Suffix	1st Earl of Leicester
  Birth	24 Jun 1532  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	an English statesman  [1]
  Death	4 Sep 1588	Cornbury, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Beauchamp Chapel, Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Warwick, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  		Warwick_ChurchofStMary_BeauchampChapel01 Tomb of Robert and Lettice Dudley, Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  Person ID	I118296	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	John DUDLEY, 1st Duke of Northumberland
  Mother	Jane GUILDFORD
  Family ID	F37392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amy ROBSART   d. 1560
  Marriage	1550  [1]
  Family ID	F37391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Lettice KNOLLYS, Viscountess Hereford, Countess of Leicester, Countess of Essex,   b. 8 Nov 1543, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England d. 25 Dec 1634, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1578  [1]
  Family ID	F37390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Robert was the favourite of Elizabeth I from her acession until his death, He was a suitor for the hand of Elizabeth for several years. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S19349] Wikipedia - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.