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6 de abr. de 2017 · On this day in history, 6th April 1590, Elizabeth I's principal secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, died at around the age of fifty-eight. Although he had served the queen for many years, he died in debt, as he had underwritten the debts of Sir Philip Sidney, his son-in-law. Walsingham was an incredibly important man during Elizabeth I's reign, being a statesman, private secretary, adviser ...
1. Francis Walsingham rose from relative obscurity to become one of the small coterie who directed the Elizabethan state, overseeing foreign, domestic and religious policy. 2. Francis Walsingham served as English ambassador to France in the early 1570s and witnessed the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. 3.
28 de jul. de 2014 · Much has been written on Sir Francis Walsingham, otherwise known as Elizabeth I's Secretary of State and Spymaster, but very little detailing the life of his only child, Frances. Although she was closely associated with some of the greatest and most powerful people of that era, her presence and her contribution to the course of history is largely unknown. This books chronicles the life of ...
Walsingham’s numerous spies provided detailed reports of Spanish preparations for the sailing of the Armada against England in July 1588. Walsingham was married twice (both times to widowed women): to Anne Barnes Carleill (sometimes spelled Carlyle) in 1562 and, after her death, to Ursula St. Barbe Worseley in 1566.
Frances Burke (née Walsingham, previously Devereux and Sidney), Countess of Clanricarde and Dowager Countess of Essex (1567 – 17 February 1633) was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 16. Her second husband was Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereaux Earl of Essex, with whom ...
Frances Walsingham, Countess of Essex and Countess of Clanricarde (1567 – 13 February 1631) was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 14.
Sir Francis Walsingham. Walsingham doubled as Elizabeth’s principal secretary and spymaster. In September 1586, Babington and most of the conspirators were executed. Mary of Scots would go to her death the next year for her part in what would become known as the Babington Plot. Her death, at first rejected by Elizabeth, was finally ensured by ...
