Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

1532–1588

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

politician · soldier

Born in Kenilworth

Contemporaries

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• Michelangelo (1475–1564)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
• Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603)
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
• Johannes Kepler (1572–1630)
• Hernán Cortés (1485–1547)

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