Lady Douglas (or alternatively, Douglass) Sheffield is most widely known as the mother of Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, the illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 Sheen Palace, Surrey – 6 September 1649 Florence) was the son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and the author of DellArcano del Mare. ... Robert Dudley, by Nicholas Hilliard, 1576. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ...

Family

She was born Douglas Howard in approximately 1545, the daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham and Margaret Gamage, daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage and Margaret St. John. Her father was brother of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, uncle to Anne Boleyn and great-uncle of Elizabeth I. Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (c. ... Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, née Lady Elizabeth Howard (ab. ... A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death Anne Boleyn, 1st Marquess of Pembroke (c. ...

Douglas was herself a first cousin to Anne Boleyn, Lady Mary Boleyn and George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford. The Lady Mary Boleyn (c. ... George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. ...

Marriage

Douglas married the wealthy, older John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (c. 1538 - 10 December 1568) arround 1562. They had two children: Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ...

• Elizabeth Sheffield (d. November, 1600). She married Thomas Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde.
• Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (7 December 1565 - 6 October 1646).

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Affair

However Douglas began an affair with Leicester either shortly before the death of John Sheffield or shortly after. One version is that Sheffield died on the way to London to sue for divorce, having found a letter to his wife from Leicester, one she may have left lying around on purpose. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody...

Leicester may have been conducting an affair with Frances Howard, wife of Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and sister of Douglas at the same time. But Douglas claimed Leicester married her in Esher in secret. This article is about the town. ...

In August, 1574 she bore Robert Dudley. Leicester acknowledged paternity but denied the marriage. He married Lettice Knollys, widow of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex in 1578. Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Lettice Knollys (1540 - 25 December 1634) was born in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire. ... A widow is a woman whose spouse has died. ... Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541 - 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux. ... Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. ...

Leicester offered Douglas one thousand pounds to relinquish the child, which she refused. He then offered her seven hundred pounds a year to repudiate the claim of marriage, but she refused that as well. Douglas then accused Leicester of attempting to poison her and brought a suit of breach of promise against him in the Star Chamber, but her suit was dismissed. The Star Chamber was an English court of law at the royal Palace of Westminster that began sessions in 1487 and ended them in 1641 when the court itself was abolished. ...

Second marriage

On 29 November 1579, Douglas married Sir Edward Stafford, whose mother Dorothy served Mistress of the Robe to the Queen. Stafford was appointed English ambassador to the court of Henry III of France and Douglas and son Robert accompanied him to Paris. They would have two sons who are considered to have died young. November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... There have been two well-known people by the name of Edward Stafford. ... Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 – August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ...

Edward Stafford died in 1604. Douglas was left a widow. She died herself in 1608. She is known to have been burried on 11 December 1608. Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ...