Robert Dudley Biography

Birth of Robert Dudley, same date as Elizabeth I

Lord Robert Dudley marries Amy Robsart

Appointed Master of the Horse by Elizabeth I

Appointed Privy Councillor

Dudley becomes a leading courtier and favourite of Elizabeth I

Inquest finds Amy Robsart's death accidental

Dudley's wife Amy Robsart dies after falling down stairs

Dudleys wife dies under suspicious circumstances

An inquest says Dudleys wifes death was accidental

Appointed Protector of the Realm if Elizabet I is too ill to rule

Dudley is considered for emergency authority during Elizabeth's illness

Suggested as a husband for Mary Queen of Scots by Elizabeth I

Created Earl of Leicester, 1st

Given Kenilworth castle to equip him for a marriage to Mary, she marries Lord Darnley

Created Earl of Leicester

Birth of Robert Dudley, son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and his lover Douglas Sheffield, daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

Entertains Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle

Dudley marries Lettice Knollys, widow of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex

Promotes the Bond of Association to protect Elizabeth I against assassination and invasion plots

Has 6,000 English troops to aid the United Provinces against Spain

Conducts the siege of Zutphen without success

The English withdraw from The Netherlands

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester maintaines a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the estuary of the River Thames against any incursion up-river towards London

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester maintaines a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the estuary of the River Thames against any incursion up-river towards London

Earl of Leicester maintained a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the Thames Estuary against any incursion up-river towards London.

On 8 August (18 August New Style) Queen Elizabeth went to Tilbury to encourage her forces, and the next day gave to them what is probably her most famous speech.

The threat of invasion from The Netherlands had not yet been discounted by the English, and Robert Dudley.

Earl of Leicester maintained a force of 4,000 soldiers at West Tilbury, Essex, to defend the Thames Estuary against any incursion up-river towards London.

On 8 August (18 August New Style) Queen Elizabeth went to Tilbury to encourage her forces, and the next day gave to them what is probably her most famous speech.

The threat of invasion from The Netherlands had not yet been discounted by the English, and Robert Dudley.

Explores Guiana

Dudley assembled a fleet of ships, including his flagship the galleon Beare, the Beares Whelpe and the pinnaces Earwig and Frisking. He intended to use them to harass the Spaniards in the Atlantic. The Queen did not approve of his plans, because of his inexperience and the value of the ships. She did commission him as a general but insisted that he sail to Guiana instead

Dudley joined Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, to serve as commander of the Nonpareil in an expedition against Cadiz

Refused titles of father & uncle by Star Chamber & deserts family for Italy

Death of Robert Dudley