Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
English noble and parliamentarian general · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1591 to 1646 · aged 55
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads.
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The earl's father, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex by Isaac Oliver, c. 1597
Robert Devereux as a child with his mother Frances Walsingham, countess of Essexby Robert Peake the elder, 1594
Robert Devereux depicted as Captain General on horseback, an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar
Robert Devereux depicted as Captain General on foot, an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar.
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Essex enters London after the First Battle of NewburyAwards
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However, he was unable and unwilling to score a decisive blow against the Royalist army of King Charles I. He was eventually overshadowed by the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, and resigned his commission in 1646.
