(the) Earl of Leicester

(the) Earl of Leicester
the Earl of Leicester [the Earl of Leicester] born
(Robert Dudley c. 1532–88) an English ↑nobleman and soldier who was a close friend of Queen ↑Elizabeth I. He was suspected of murdering his wife Amy Robsart in 1560 in order to be free to marry the queen but he and Elizabeth did not marry. She made him an ↑earl in 1564.
See also Kenilworth Castle

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