#OTD 10 Oct 1588

#RobertDudley was buried in the Collegiate Church of St Mary Warwick

#ElizabethI was distraught, locking herself away until #LordBurghley had her door broken down - she kept 'his last letter' until her death

His widow #LetticeKnollys was interred with him in 1635

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10th October 1588
The funeral of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester took place, he was laid to rest in the Beauchamp Chapel of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick.

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Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester & favourite of Elizabeth I.
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#OTD 29 Sept 1564

#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester

#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!

An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well

#OTD
29th September 1564
Robert Dudley had the title of Earl of Leicester conferred on him, along with lands in the Midlands.

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21st September 1578
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Knollys (widow of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex) at his house in Wanstead, Essex.

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#OTD 21 Sept 1578

#RobertDudley secretly married #LetticeKnollys #ElizabethI's #lookalike cousin & widow of Walter Devereux

Robert, the Queens favourite took a huge risk in marrying without royal permission

Lettice, who Elizabeth nicknamed the “she-wolf” was banished from Court

#OTD
8th September 1560
Amy Dudley, wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died at her home, Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire.

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#OTD 8 Sept 1560

#AmyRobsart was found dead at the foot of the stairs at Cumnor Place

Recorded as accidental death, rumours flourished her husband #RobertDudley had engineered her demise

Amy in all probability sadly had breast cancer

Suicide, accident, murder? We will never know #MYSTERY

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