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Amy Robsart

1532 - 1560

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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 was the only child of a substantial Norfolk gentleman. In the vernacular of the day, her name was spelled as Amye Duddley. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amy Robsart is the 1,070th most popular nobleman (up from 1,124th in 2019), the 2,885th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,969th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Amy Robsart ranks 1,070 out of 1,415Before her are Gaucelm Faidit, Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine, Euphemia of Sweden, Jane Digby, Herbert III, Count of Vermandois, and Prince Jean of Luxembourg. After her are Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Catherine Desnitski, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Garibald II of Bavaria, and Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Amy Robsart ranks 21Before her are Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, William Allen, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, Mehmed II Giray, and Marino Grimani. After her is Thomas Norton. Among people deceased in 1560, Amy Robsart ranks 18Before her are Melchor Cano, Jean du Bellay, Jan Mandijn, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Jan Łaski, and Nicolas Gombert. After her is Wacław of Szamotuły.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Amy Robsart ranks 2,886 out of 8,785Before her are John Neville (1925), Sydney Chapman (1888), Arthur Brown (1942), Tony Brise (1952), Edward Coke (1552), and Denny Laine (1944). After her are Johnny Clegg (1953), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Terence Fisher (1904), Ernest Starling (1866), Hubert Parry (1848), and Richard Norman Shaw (1831).

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