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The most well-known Earls of Essex were Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485 – 1540) (sixth creation), chief minister to King Henry VIII, and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601) (eighth creation), a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I who led the Earl of Essex Rebellion in 1601. The current holder of the earldom is Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex ...
- Viscount Malden, Baron Capell of Hadham
- Peerage of England
- Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
- Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex (ninth creation)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə ˌ r uː /; 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.
- English
- Execution by beheading
Brief Biography of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565-1601) Robert Devereux was born on November 10, 1565 — the first son of Walter Devereux, the first Earl of Essex. His mother was Lettice Knollys, daughter of Sir William Knollys, a close councilor of both King Edward and Queen Elizabeth, and a granddaughter of Mary Boleyn, Queen Anne ...
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə ˌ r uː /; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army , also known as the ...
- 11 January 1591
- Eton College
- 14 September 1646 (aged 55)
- Earl of Essex
Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. Queen Elizabeth I's tempestuous relationship with Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex, greatly influenced the latter part of her reign, and resulted in Essex's execution in 1601. After the Armada, the war with Spain continued, problems in Ireland escalated and the death of Elizabeth's closest friends and ...
Edward de Vere (1550-1604), 17th Earl of Oxford, was heir to the oldest1 continuously inherited earldom in England.2 The ancestral seat of the de Veres was Castle Hedingham in Essex, built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries, whose magnificent Norman keep still survives. The Earls of Oxford also held manors throughout East Anglia, most
After a failed coup d'état against Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux was beheaded at the Tower of London on 25 February 1601. Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, was 34 years old when his head fell to the executioner’s axe. He had arrived at Elizabeth I’s court when he was hardly into his twenties. Tall and handsome, he was every inch the ...
