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Robert Devereux |
| Born 1566 |
| Died 1601 |
| Son
of the 1st Earl of Essex |
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- 2nd Earl of Essex.
- He was an English soldier and politician.
- He was a favourite of Elizabeth
I from 1587.
- He fought in the Netherlands in 1585
- 1586 and was made famous by his fighting at the Battle of Zutphen.
- In 1596 he led the attack on Cadiz
in Spain.
- In 1599 he became Lieutenant of Ireland
and led an army against Irish rebels in Ulster.
- He was unable to arrange a peaceful
solution in Ireland and returned to England without permission
from the queen.
- He brought an army to London but was
arrested and tried for treason.
- he was executed (beheaded) on Tower
Green in 1601.
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