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Robert Dudley was a potential marriage suitor for Elizabeth. However, his first wife, Amy Robsart, was found dead at Cumnor Place after apparently falling down the stairs. Some believed Dudley was involved in her death.
Lettice Dudley gave birth to Robert Dudley (Lord Denbigh) in June 1581. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester now acknowledged his new son as his new heir. The three-year-old Robert died suddenly on 19th July 1584. His death destroyed the dynastical hopes of the House of Dudley.
23 de oct. de 2022 · As with modern crime, when a wife dies, suspicion turns immediately towards the husband. There was reasonable speculation that Robert Dudley was responsible for Amy’s death; after all, were she to be out of the way, he would legally be free to marry Elizabeth. This was certainly what Sir Walter Scott hinted upon in his 1821 novel Kenilworth.
The mystery of Amy’s death has intrigued both the friends and the enemies of Robert Dudley for nearly five hundred years. Suicide, murder and accident all have their supporters. The most up-to-date account of the various theories, based on the recently discovered inquest report, is Chris Skidmore’s ‘Death and the Virgin’.
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Lady Douglas Sheffield née Howard. Sir Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 – 6 September 1649) was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the bulk of the Earl ...
23 de oct. de 2021 · Marissa: Before Amy’s death, rumors had circulated that Robert and Elizabeth were conspiring to poison Amy Dudley so they could be together. In a March 1560 letter to the Spanish court, Ambassador de Quadra wrote, that he suspected Lord Robert was “keeping [his] enemies and the country engaged with words until this wicked deed of killing his wife is consummated.”
It is easy to see that Robert was between a rock and a hard place – he had wanted to marry the queen, both personally and for ambition, but she had refused. There was no good reason why he could not marry Lettice, whom he also loved. But Elizabeth’s hurt is also understandable. Robert was one of the few people she trusted, and she felt ...
