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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

1532 - 1588

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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) 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.Dudley's youth was overshadowed by the downfall of his family in 1553 after his father, the Duke of Northumberland, had failed to prevent the accession of Mary I. Robert Dudley was condemned to death but was released in 1554 and took part in the Battle of St. Quentin under Mary's husband and co-ruler, Philip, which led to his full rehabilitation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester has received more than 3,621,700 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester is the 2,419th most popular politician (down from 1,912th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 471st in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Politician.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester is most famous for being the favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and for his role in the execution of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ranks 2,419 out of 15,577Before him are Renée of France, Paul-Henri Spaak, Adad-nirari III, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Louis Barthou, and Quintillus. After him are Ephialtes, Necmettin Erbakan, Theodosius III, Beji Caid Essebsi, Psusennes I, and Mursili I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ranks 3Before him are Tulsidas and Yermak Timofeyevich. After him are John Hawkins, Francis Walsingham, Maerten de Vos, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Luís Fróis, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and Marino Grimani. Among people deceased in 1588, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ranks 5Before him are Mimar Sinan, Paolo Veronese, Frederick II of Denmark, and Henry I, Duke of Guise. After him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Henri, Prince of Condé, Qi Jiguang, Johann Weyer, Bernardino Telesio, Alonso Sánchez Coello, and Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ranks 558 out of 7,765Before him are Gordon Banks (1937), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Robinson (1886), and Mike Hawthorn (1929). After him are Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), James Clark Ross (1800), Bob Hoskins (1942), Jean Simmons (1929), and James Dewar (1842).

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