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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 .
4. Juni 2015 · On 4th June 1550 (some sources say the 5th), Robert Dudley married Amy Robsart at the royal palace of Sheen at Richmond, near London. The marriage was attended by the then king, Edward VI.
They were almost certainly never married, and he cast her off in 1578, when he secretly wed Lettice Knollys, widow of Walter Devereux, earl of Essex. A Puritan, Leicester became the leader of those Protestants who favoured vigorous action against Spain abroad and against the Roman Catholics at home.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
It was at this time that Robert Dudley met and married Amy Robsart, the daughter of Sir John Robsart, a gentleman farmer in Norfolk. They married in June 1550 and Robert became known as Lord Robert and established himself as an important figure in the local community as well as serving as a Member of Parliament for Norfolk in subsequent years ...
Robert Dudley, 1. Earl of Leicester [ˈlɛstə] KG (* 24. Juni 1532; † 4. September 1588 in Cornbury, Oxfordshire) war der wichtigste Favorit Elisabeths I. von ihrer Thronbesteigung bis zu seinem Tod, Staatsmann sowie Oberstallmeister (Master of the Horse).
