Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, (1933). Creator: Unknown

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Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, (1933). Portrait of Robert Dudley (1532-1588), 1st Earl of Leicester, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England. A courtier of Elizabeth I, Dudley was regarded as her most likely choice for a husband. However his wifes mysterious death in 1560 placed a dark spot on his reputation. In 1561 he suggested to Philip II to restore Roman Catholicism in England in return for Philips endorsement of his to Elizabeth. Yet by 1563 Elizabeth realised the impracticality of such a marriage. She offered his hand to Mary Queen of Scots and created him Earl of Leicester in 1564, however Mary married Lord Darnley. From " Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]

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