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Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I of England. She is primarily known for her death by falling down a flight of stairs, the circumstances of which have often been regarded as suspicious.
Amy Robsart, the wife of Queen Elizabeth's favourite Robert Dudley, was found dead at the foot of some stairs at Cumnor, Oxfordshire, on 8 September 1560. Did she fall and break her neck, as the coroner's jury concluded? Was she ill? Did she jump? Was she pushed? Was she murdered, as many people suspected – at the time and since – and who ...
La mort de son épouse (1560) et ses conséquences. En 1560, Amy Robsart meurt d'une chute dans les escaliers. On a dit qu'elle souffrait d'un cancer du sein, mais il y avait deux profondes blessures dans sa nuque. Cela provoqua des accusations contre Dudley, et une enquête approfondie s'ensuivit.
2 févr. 2022 · In 1578 he married Lettice Knollys, the queen’s extremely attractive, red-headed cousin. Robert had long flirted with her, and she was now possibly pregnant. Two days after their private wedding at Wanstead House, Elizabeth arrived there on a progress, but nobody breathed a word.
When his wife, Amy, née Robsart, died in September 1560, it was widely rumoured that Dudley had murdered her in order to marry Elizabeth. Though there is no evidence to support this suspicion , Dudley did become an active suitor of the Queen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 févr. 2023 · Dudley’s twenty-eight-year old wife, Amy Robsart, resided there whenever he was away at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, his rumored lover. On September 8, 1560, with Dudley once again out of town with the queen, Robsart sent the entire household staff to Abingdon Fair for the day.
AMY ROBSART, LADY DUDLEY. BORN: 1532. DIED: 8 SEPTEMBER 1560. First wife of Robert Dudley. Probably more famous for her death than her life, she was found at the foot of the stairs at Cumnor Hall.
