Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

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English nobleman courtier military commander patron of the arts politician

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, was a prominent English courtier, favorite, and close confidant of Queen Elizabeth I, long rumored to be her lover and a potential consort.

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Label Occurrences
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester canonical 13
Robert Dudley 1
Robert Dudley in "Elizabeth" 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
courtier ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegedChild Robert Dudley (illegitimate son, later Earl of Warwick and Leicester in Tuscany) ⓘ
appointedBy Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Kenilworth ⓘ
Warwick ⓘ
birthDate 1532-06-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace St Mary’s, Warwick ⓘ
surface form: Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
causeOfDeath suspected natural causes ⓘ
child Robert Dudley (Lord Denbigh) ⓘ
closeConfidantOf Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1588-09-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Cornbury Park ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
education educated at court ⓘ
era English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan era
father John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ⓘ
surface form: John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
favoriteOf Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
fullName Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert Dudley
heldPosition Governor-General of the United Provinces ⓘ
Lieutenant and Captain-General of the Queen’s Armies and Companies ⓘ
Master of the Horse ⓘ
Privy Councillor ⓘ
hosted 1575 entertainments for Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle ⓘ
knownFor ambitious marriage plans with Elizabeth I ⓘ
influence at the court of Elizabeth I ⓘ
patronage of the arts and theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
ledCampaignIn Netherlands ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily Dudley family ⓘ
militaryConflict Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Religion in the Low Countries
monarchServed Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
mother Jane Guildford ⓘ
nobleTitle Earl of Leicester ⓘ
surface form: 1st Earl of Leicester

Baron of Denbigh ⓘ
notableEvent involved in scandal surrounding the death of Amy Robsart ⓘ
politicalAlignment Protestant court faction ⓘ
possibleConsortOf Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Kenilworth Castle ⓘ
rumoredLoverOf Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
sibling Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick ⓘ
Guildford Dudley ⓘ
spouse Amy Robsart ⓘ
Lettice Knollys ⓘ
supportedCause Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth I (miniseries) → character → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland → child → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Edmund Spenser → patron → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Sir Philip Sidney → relative → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes → role → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Dudley in "Elizabeth"
Tudor court → notableFigure → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Kenilworth Castle → associatedWith → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Kenilworth Castle → grantedTo → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Earl of Leicester → hasTitleHolder → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
The Virgin Queen → portraysHistoricalFigure → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Francis Vere → servedUnder → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester → fullName → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Dudley
Treaty of Nonsuch (contextual, involving English support to Dutch rebels) → grantedTitleTo → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
subject surface form: Treaty of Nonsuch
this entity surface form: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Dudley family → notableMember → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Guildford Dudley → sibling → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick → sibling → Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ⓘ