Robert Catesby

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Robert Catesby was the principal leader and mastermind behind the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the English throne.

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instanceOf Catholic recusant
English conspirator
historical figure
birthPlace Lapworth, Warwickshire, England NERFINISHED
birthYear 1572
bodyTreatmentAfterDeath exhumed and decapitated
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
child William Catesby NERFINISHED
conceivedPlot Gunpowder Plot NERFINISHED
deathDate 1605-11-08
deathPlace Holbeche House, Staffordshire, England NERFINISHED
education Oxford University (did not take a degree) NERFINISHED
familyName Catesby NERFINISHED
father Sir William Catesby NERFINISHED
finalStandLocation Holbeche House NERFINISHED
fledTo Warwickshire NERFINISHED
fullName Robert Catesby NERFINISHED
givenName Robert
headDisplayedAt Westminster or London (on a pike) NERFINISHED
imprisonedFor involvement in the Essex Rebellion
intendedMethod detonation of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords
intendedOutcome Catholic uprising in England
intendedVictim King James I NERFINISHED
members of the House of Lords
knownFor leading the Gunpowder Plot
metConspiratorsAt Lambeth, London NERFINISHED
mother Anne Throckmorton NERFINISHED
opposedMonarch James I of England NERFINISHED
participatedIn Essex Rebellion NERFINISHED
politicalGoal restoration of a Catholic monarch to the English throne
propertyOwned Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire NERFINISHED
Chastleton, Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
recruitedConspirator Ambrose Rookwood NERFINISHED
Christopher Wright NERFINISHED
Everard Digby NERFINISHED
Francis Tresham NERFINISHED
Guy Fawkes NERFINISHED
John Wright NERFINISHED
Robert Wintour NERFINISHED
Thomas Bates NERFINISHED
Thomas Percy NERFINISHED
Thomas Wintour NERFINISHED
releasedAfter paying a heavy fine for the Essex Rebellion
religion Roman Catholic
religiousStatus recusant
roleInEvent mastermind of the Gunpowder Plot
principal leader of the Gunpowder Plot
spouse Catherine Leigh NERFINISHED
targetedBuilding Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED
yearOfEssexRebellionParticipation 1601
yearPlotConceived 1604

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The Gunpowder Plot participant Robert Catesby
subject surface form: Gunpowder Plot