Robert Dudley
English engineer, explorer, cartographer (1574-1649) · Scientists · Died at 75
Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the bulk of the Earl's estate in accordance with his father's will, including Kenilworth Castle.
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Probable likeness of Robert Dudley, c. 1591[7]
Portrait thought to be Elizabeth Southwell, c. 1600
Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria, one of Dudley's Medici patrons
Memorial to Robert Dudley's daughter Katherine Dudley and son-in-law Sir Richard Leveson at Lilleshall, Shropshire.
Adelhida Paleotti became wife of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury in 1705; granddaughter of Robert Dudley
Dell'Arcano del Mare: chart of Portugal
