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- 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.
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George FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, an illegitimate son of king Charles II, was created Duke of Northumberland in the Peerage of England in 1683. He had already been created Baron of Pontefract, Viscount Falmouth and Earl of Northumberland in 1674, also in the Peerage of England.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504 [1] – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death. The son of Edmund Dudley, a minister of Henry VII ...
Mar 29, 2024 · When it became evident in 1553 that the 15-year-old Edward VI would die of tuberculosis, Northumberland caused his son, Guildford Dudley, to marry Lady Jane Grey and persuaded the king to will the crown to Jane and her male heirs—thereby excluding from the succession Henry VIII’s daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Edward died on July 6, 1553 ...
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Feb 26, 2024 · 14 min read. Known as the “wicked Duke”, John Dudley was a powerful Tudor statesman who served loyally during the reign of Henry VIII and his son, Edward VI, before a plot to usurp the Catholic Queen Mary led to his untimely demise. John Dudley was born in 1504 to Edmund Dudley, a prominent administrator in Henry VII’s court and his wife ...
Jul 21, 2020 · In May 1553, Northumberland’s son, Lord Guildford Dudley, had married Lady Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Frances Brandon, who was Edward VI’s cousin. When King Edward VI was seriously ill in 1553, he wrote his devise for the succession, his wishes for the succession in the event of his death.
It just so happened that Northumberland and his ally, Pembroke (brother-in-law to the late Katherine Parr ), had two sons of suitable age, whilst the son of a more distant, but male, member of the royal family, Henry Hastings, was just right for Northumberland’s daughter, Lady Katherine Dudley.
Barrett Beer | Published in History Today Volume 15 Issue 4 April 1965. The emergence of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, as the most powerful man in England in 1549 was one of the most unlikely events of the Tudor century. The son of an executed traitor, Dudley was distinguished neither by learning, administrative talent, nor political genius.
