thedudleywomenSep 82 minON THIS DAY - 08 September 1560On This Day (08 Sep) in 1560, Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, was found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs, at Cumnor Place, Oxon.
thedudleywomenSep 51 minON THIS DAY - 05 September 1548On This Day (05 Sep) in 1548, Katherine Parr died at Sudeley Castle, a week after giving birth to her only daughter Mary.
thedudleywomenSep 411 minThe Death of Robert Dudley - 04 Sep 1588Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester had a complex relationship with the Queen of England, Elizabeth I, throughout most of her reign.
thedudleywomenAug 292 minON THIS DAY - 29 August 1588On This Day (29 Aug) in 1588, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester wrote to Elizabeth I from Rycote, Oxon, less than a week before his death
thedudleywomenAug 272 minON THIS DAY - 27 August 1562On This Day (27 Aug) in 1562, Margaret St John, Lady Russell, Countess of Bedford, died from smallpox at Woburn Abbey.
thedudleywomenJul 61 minON THIS DAY - 06 July 1553On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.
thedudleywomenJun 45 minThe Marriage of Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley - 04 Jun 1550Amy Robsart was born on 07 Jun 1532 in Norfolk, the only child from the marriage of Sir John Robsart of Syderstone.