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Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I of England. She is primarily known for her death by falling down a flight of stairs, the circumstances of which have often been regarded as suspicious.
2. Feb. 2022 · In 1578 he married Lettice Knollys, the queen’s extremely attractive, red-headed cousin. Robert had long flirted with her, and she was now possibly pregnant. Two days after their private wedding at Wanstead House, Elizabeth arrived there on a progress, but nobody breathed a word.
Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford. His paternal grandfather, Edmund Dudley , had been an adviser to King Henry VII and was executed for treason in 1510 by King Henry VIII .
Als seine Frau im September 1560 durch einen Treppensturz starb, glaubten viele, dass er sie beiseitegeschafft habe, um die Königin heiraten zu können. Es war jedoch gerade der Skandal um Amys Tod, der zunächst alle Chancen auf eine Heirat zunichtemachte. Heutige Historiker halten einen Mord für so gut wie ausgeschlossen.
Amy Robsart, the wife of Queen Elizabeth's favourite Robert Dudley, was found dead at the foot of some stairs at Cumnor, Oxfordshire, on 8 September 1560. Did she fall and break her neck, as the coroner's jury concluded? Was she ill? Did she jump? Was she pushed? Was she murdered, as many people suspected – at the time and since – and who ...
When his wife, Amy, née Robsart, died in September 1560, it was widely rumoured that Dudley had murdered her in order to marry Elizabeth. Though there is no evidence to support this suspicion , Dudley did become an active suitor of the Queen.
4. Juni 2015 · Learn about the love-match and unhappy fate of Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart, who married in 1550 and died in 1560. Explore the possible causes of Amy's death, the rumours of Elizabeth's involvement, and the sources and controversies of this Tudor story.
