Did Queen Elizabeth love Lord Robert?

Robert was the son of Elizabeth’s rival Lettice Knollys with her first husband Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex. He was 30 years younger than Elizabeth but gave every appearance of being passionately in love with her.

What happened to Queen Elizabeth’s lover Robert?

So they remained until the Armada year of 1588, when Dudley’s last great triumph was stage-managing Elizabeth’s famous visit to the army camp at Tilbury. Less than a month later, worn out and probably suffering from stomach cancer, Dudley died at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire, aged about 55.

Did Queen Elizabeth have a child with Robert Dudley?

Arthur Dudley was a 16th-century man famous for the controversial claim that he was the son of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, a man known to have had a (not necessarily consummated) long love affair with the queen.

Who did Elizabeth the 1st marry?

Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who was executed when Elizabeth was 21⁄2 years old. Anne’s marriage to Henry VIII was annulled, and Elizabeth was declared illegitimate….

Did Queen Elizabeth I have lovers?

Famously, Elizabeth lived and died as the ‘Virgin Queen’, resistant to being married off and obviously childless. We may never know if Elizabeth had non-platonic relationships with any of them, though no evidence has ever conclusively proved that she took lovers or companions before or after taking the crown.

Can a queen be unmarried?

Absolutely. Marital status plays no role in the succession of the British monarchy or that of any other monarchy that I am aware of. There are several notable examples of unmarried British sovereigns. Most famously Elizabeth I never married.