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Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I of England.She is primarily known for her death by falling down a flight of stairs, the circumstances of which have often been regarded as suspicious.
Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford. [6] His paternal grandfather, Edmund Dudley , had been an adviser to King Henry VII and was executed for treason in 1510 by King Henry VIII .
In 1631, his wife Elizabeth died the day after giving birth to her last child. Several of their 13 children married into the Italian nobility. In 1644, King Charles I created Dudley's second wife Alice Duchess of Dudley for life and recognized Dudley's legitimacy but did not restore his titles and estate. Robert Dudley died on 6 September 1649 ...
Queen Elizabeth I's rumored romance with Lord Robert Dudley has inspired the storylines of multiple movies about her life ... He was also already married — until his wife died under mysterious ...
The book opens in the autumn of 1558, just after the death of Mary I of England, and bells are heralding the fact that Mary's half-sister, Elizabeth, is now queen.The book is told from four main perspectives: Elizabeth I's; William Cecil's, the queen's main advisor; Robert Dudley, the queen's favourite; and Amy Robsart's, who is Robert Dudley's wife.
Dr. Robert Bierenbaum and wife Janet walk together during break from his murder trial. Bierenbaum, a plastic surgeon, is accused of killing his previous wife and throwing her body into the ...
Mandel did not say whether his wife stayed overnight at the hospital. But the television personality did clarify that Terry — whom he's been married to since 1980 — is "absolutely perfect" and ...
Alice Dudley, Duchess of Dudley (née Leigh; 1579 – 22 January 1669), also known as Duchess Dudley, was the second wife of the explorer Sir Robert Dudley.In 1605, after giving birth to seven daughters, she was abandoned by her husband, who went into exile in Tuscany, remarried, and eventually sold his English estates.