Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (died 1588)

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English statesman (1532–1588)

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. He is commonly simply called Leicester in the historiography of the Eighty Years' War, which…