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. In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'état against the government of ...

Robert Devereux was the son and heir of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, the courtier and soldier from the later reign of Queen Elizabeth I.His mother was Frances Walsingham (1567–1633), the only daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster.He was born at the home of his grandmother, Lady Walsingham, in Seething Lane, London. He was educated at …

Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (16 September 1541 – 22 September 1576), was an English nobleman and general. From 1573 until his death he fought in Ireland in connection with the Plantations of Ireland, most notably the Rathlin Island massacre.He was the father of Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, who was Elizabeth I's favourite during her later years.

Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex 3rd Viscount Hereford 1566–1601: Walter Devereux 1570–1591: Essex Devereux b. 1617 – c. 1640: Leicester Devereux 6th Viscount Hereford 3rd Baronet 1617–1676: Price Devereux c. 1637 – 1673: Vaughan Devereux died 1700: Robert Devereux 3rd Earl of Essex 4th Viscount Hereford

Family. Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne.She was the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe. He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c. 1567–1607), who in June 1585 married Thomas …

In the early years the relationship was stormy, including claims that Elizabeth had had affairs with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Walter Ralegh. The relationship settled down as Derby's financial and social position stabilised. The couple had five children: James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (31 January 1607 – 15 October 1651).

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1596). In 1601, Devereux staged the earliest definite production of Richard II . First official record : entered into the Stationers' Register by Andrew Wise on 29 August 1597 as "the Tragedye of Richard the Second."

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, KG (27 April 1564 – 5 November 1632) was an English nobleman. He was a grandee and one of the wealthiest peers of the court of Elizabeth I.Under James I, Northumberland was a long-term prisoner in the Tower of London, due to the suspicion that he was complicit in the Gunpowder Plot.He is known for the circles he moved in as well as …

A preface suggested that Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex might be a decisive influence. The circumstance reflected badly on Essex with the Queen. It also sought to undermine Burghley by suggesting he was a partisan of Arbella Stuart, and dealt acutely with the …

Henry V is a 1944 British Technicolor epic film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title.The on-screen title is The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (derived from the title of the 1600 quarto edition of the play, though changing the spelling from "Agin Court"). It stars Laurence Olivier, who also directed.