At least two Robert Dudleys were prominent in history:
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and
Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, his illegitimate son.
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RobertDudley, Earl of Leicester, (circa 1532 - 1588) was the long-standing favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and almost became her husband.
Dudley was born around 1532, a younger son of the Duke of Northumberland, who was executed in 1553 for his part in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England.
Dudley was always a ladies' man. He is thought to have married, secretly, in 1573, the widowed Lady Douglas Sheffield, but later deserted her in favour of Lettice Knollys -- widow of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Elizabeth's own cousin on her mother's side -- a marriage which offended the queen mightily.
RobertDudley, Earl of Leicester (or Leycester), (June 24, 1532 – September 4, 1588) was the long-standing favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England and almost became her husband.
Dudley was born about 1532, a younger son of the Duke of Northumberland, who was executed in 1553 for his part in the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England.
Dudley was always a ladies’ man. He is thought to have secretly married the widowed Lady Douglas Sheffield in 1573.
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