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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

1565 - 1601

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex has received more than 1,762,562 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex is the 6,061st most popular politician (up from 6,553rd in 2019), the 1,274th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,430th in 2019) and the 214th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ranks 6,061 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Irina Rodnina, Rómulo Betancourt, Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, Nicole Fontaine, and Theodora. After him are Samuel Noah Kramer, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Urus Khan, Al-Aziz Billah, Nana Sahib, and Richeza of Lotharingia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ranks 4. Before him are Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, and Mori Ranmaru. After him are Marie de Gournay, Luís Vaz de Torres, Cornelis de Houtman, Reza Abbasi, Francesc Ribalta, Hendrick de Keyser, Ketevan the Martyr, and Peter Fourier. Among people deceased in 1601, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ranks 6. Before him are Tycho Brahe, Michael the Brave, Louise of Lorraine, Kuchum, and Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Starina Novak, Henriette of Cleves, Thomas Nashe, and Ivan Moskvitin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ranks 1,274 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Simpson (1710), Robert Fludd (1574), Dusty Springfield (1939), Joseph Paxton (1803), Michael Ventris (1922), and Roger Williamson (1948). After him are Adrian Smith (1957), Alexander McQueen (1969), William Walton (1902), Wayne Rooney (1985), Chris Martin (1977), and Brian Clough (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ranks 214. Before him are Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Horace Walpole (1717), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), and George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827). After him are Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Fletcher Christian (1764), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799).

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