Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/dvru/; 10 November 1565[1] 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Essex was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was...
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/dvru/; 10 November 1565[1] 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Essex was born on 10 November 1565 at Netherwood near Bromyard, in Herefordshire, the son of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, and Lettice Knollys. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599. In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'
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