Robert Devereux Biography

Birth of Robert Devereux, son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex

Death of Walter Devereux, Burghley becomes guardian & his mother marries Leicester

Incurs the Queens displeasure for participating in the Lisbon Expedition

Incurs the Queens displeasure marrying Philip Sidneys widow, daughter of Walsingham. Incurs the Queens displeasure for marrying Philip Sydneys widow

Commands a small force sent to France supporting Henry IV against the Catholic League

Commands a small force sent to France supporting Henry IV against the Catholic League

Birth of Robert Devereux, son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Captures Cadiz

Commands an unsuccesful raid, the Islands voyage, to the Azores

Captures Cadiz

Elizabeth I makes her favorite, Essex, Earl Marshal of England. Appointed Earl Marshal of England

Embarks for the Azores to capture the Spanish treasure fleet but fails

Sent by the Queen to Ireland to put down the Tyrone rebellion. Sent by Elizabeth I to Ireland to put down the Tyrone rebellion. Fails to put down the rebellion & is stripped of his offices

Defeated at Arklow

Defeated by the Earl of Tyrone at Arklow

Deprived of his offices & held under house arrest

London refuses to rise up against Elizabeth I, Essex & Southampton are arrested

Intrigues with James VI & Lord Mountjoy

London refuses to rise up against Elizabeth I, Essex & Southampton are arrested

Fails to raise the citizens of London during an anti-Cecil coup

Induced by Mountjoy of Southampton to remove the Queens counselors. Fails to raise the citizens of London during an anti-Cecil coup

Tried by Bacon

Essex is tried before his peers on charges of treason

Executed for a plot to overthrow the Council

Death of Robert Devereux, executed

Beheaded on Tower Green, becoming the last person to be beheaded in the Tower of London

Executed for a plot to overthrow the Council

Persuades Parliament to restore his fathers titles

Devereux marries France's Howard

Involved in the failed attempt to capture Cadiz

Appointed 2nd-in-Command against the Scottish Covenanters

Appointed 2nd-in-Command against the Scottish Covenanters

Appointed 2nd-in-Command against the Scottish Covenanters

Essex joins peers requesting a Parliament after the defeat at Newburn.

Essex supports parliamentary action against Strafford.

Essex is proposed as a commander trusted by parliamentary leaders.

Parliament appoints Essex Captain-General of its field army.

Essex assembles Parliament's main field army at Northampton.

Essex supports Parliament's claim to direct armed forces without royal assent.

Essex supports implementation of Parliament's Militia Ordinance.

Essex receives command of the army Parliament resolves to raise.

Essex occupies Worcester while the Royalist army gathers in the west.

Essex's Parliamentarian army occupies Worcester the day after the action at Powick Bridge.

Essex occupies Worcester after the Royalist cavalry withdraws from the area.

Essex receives reports locating the King's army before Edgehill.

Essex fights Charles's army to an inconclusive result at Edgehill.

Essex's infantry resists Royalist attacks and remains on the field after nightfall.

Essex withdraws his army toward Warwick after the Battle of Edgehill.

Essex receives reports locating the Royalist army before Edgehill.

Essex blocks the Royalist advance toward London at Turnham Green.

Essex mobilises Parliamentarian troops and London militia to defend the capital.

Essex gathers Parliamentarian troops and London militia after the defeat at Brentford.

Essex's forces reoccupy Brentford after the Royalist withdrawal.

Relieves Gloucester for the Parliamentarians

Captures Reading for the Parliamentarians & prevents Charles I from reaching London

Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading. Defeats a Royalist force & is able to move on to Reading

Devereux defeats a Royalist force at Newburn & is able to move on to Reading

Essex's field army in Cornwall is lost, severely weakening the Parliamentarian position in the region.

Forced to surrender his army in Cornwall

Defeated by Royalists 30 miles west of Plymouth. Charles I marches westwards from Oxford & intercepts Devereux. Charles I captures 8,000 of Devereuxs infantry

Resigns as Commander of the Parliamentary Army after defeat in Cornwall

Death of Robert Devereux

Death of the Earl of Essex

Devereux resigns