Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 423 years ago |
Date of birth | November 10,1565 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Bromyard |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 25,1601 |
Died | Tower Of London |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde |
Residence | Essex House |
London | |
Children | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex |
Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset | |
Walter Devereux | |
Dorothy Stafford | |
Nationality | English |
Place of burial | CHAPEL ROYAL OF ST PETER AD VINCULA, London, United Kingdom |
Parents | Lettice Knollys |
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex | |
Grandchildren | Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp |
Deposed date | 1601 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 409944 |
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl Of Essex Life story
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.