Robert dudley

I have received a request for assistance from Julia Jackson, a cataloguer and provenance researcher at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne. They have portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl…

Elizabeth - Joseph Fiennes

Alicia von Rittberg as Elizabeth I, Jamie Blackley as Robert Dudley

The historical figure of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is best known for being Queen Elizabeth I’s “favorite” at court. The queen showered him with titles, lands, and affectio…

Joseph Fiennes stars as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Joseph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen, Dir. Shekhar Kapur (1998).

ACEO 25 x 35 inches watercolor and gouache July 2007 Robert Dudley was the favourite of Elizabeth 1st and is often thought to be the man that she loved most His father had been the Duke of Northumberland and had been executed for his part in the attempt to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne Robert and his brothers were also arrested and were imprisoned in the tower at the same time as Elizabeth but like Elizabeth he was later freed When Elizabeth became Queen in 1558 he was made Master of…

When she was born in 1533, Elizabeth was a great disappointment to her father. King Henry VIII of England had hoped for a son and heir and was distraught and angry when Anne Boleyn gave birth to a little girl. Before long, the King ordered the mother’s execution. Elizabeth was…

REIGN : Robert Dudley (Charlie Carrick)