Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RobertDevereux(2EEssex).htm __________________________________________________________________________________ 25th February 1601, one-time royal favourite Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was beheaded on Tower Green at the Tower of London after being found guilty of treason. Robert Devereux was born on the 19th November 1566 (some say 10th November 1565) at Netherwood, Herefordshire and was the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and his wife Lettice Knollys. His mother, Lettice, was the granddaughter of Mary Boleyn (sister of Anne Boleyn), so Robert Devereux was related to Elizabeth I and was her first cousin twice removed ( I think!). After his father’s death in 1576, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was made his guardian and then in 1578 his mother married his godfather, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester Read more: http://www.elizabethfiles.com/the-execution-of-robert-devereux-2nd-...

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