Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years.
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Photos 12
Elizabeth's coronation procession: Dudley is on horseback on the far left, leading the palfrey of honour.
Dudley c. 1560
Lord Leicester. An 18th-century copy of his portrait and autograph![Robert Dudley, dressed partly in tilting armour, 1575[75]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Robert_Dudley_Earl_of_Leicester_drawing_by_Zuccaro_1575.jpg/500px-Robert_Dudley_Earl_of_Leicester_drawing_by_Zuccaro_1575.jpg)
Robert Dudley, dressed partly in tilting armour, 1575[75]
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, Robert Dudley's elder brother![Fireplace at Kenilworth Castle, with shield displaying in bend the Ragged Staff of the Earls of Warwick, with the letters R and L for "Robert Leicester" for Robert Dudley[97]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Kenilworth_fireplace.jpg/1280px-Kenilworth_fireplace.jpg)
Fireplace at Kenilworth Castle, with shield displaying in bend the Ragged Staff of the Earls of Warwick, with the letters R and L for "Robert Leicester" for Robert Dudley[97]Awards 1
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About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1532 to 1588 · aged 56
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