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Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley 1533 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jun 1533

Birth Location: , , , England

Death Date: 04 Sep 1588

Death Location: Cornbury, , , England

Father: John Northumberland

Mother: Jane Guildford

Spouse(s): Douglas Howard

Children(s): Robert Warwick

The story of Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley began in 1533 in , , , England. Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley married Douglas Howard, and had children including Robert II 2, Sir Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick. Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley passed away in 1588 in Cornbury, , , England.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley began in 1533 in , , , England.
  • Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley married Douglas Howard, and had children including Robert II 2, Sir Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick.
  • Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley passed away in 1588 in Cornbury, , , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Northumberland
1515 – 1553
Birth Location: Stepney St. Martin's-in-The-Fields St. Leonard's Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
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Jane Guildford
1504 – 1555
Birth Location: South Ports, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Douglas Howard
1545 – 1608
Birth Location: , , , England
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Children(s)

Robert Warwick
1574 – 1649
Birth Location: (Sheen House, Surrey) Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
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Robert Dudley's Ancestors

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Robert Dudley
1533 – 1588
Birth Place: , , , England
Parents
John Dudley Duke of Northumberland
1515 – 1553
Stepney St. Martin's-in-The-Fields St. Leonard's Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
Jane Guildford
1504 – 1555
South Ports, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edmund (Dudley Duke of) Northumberland
1462 – 1510
Elizabeth Grey
Great-Grandparents
Sir Atherington
1427 – 1460
Elizabeth Bramshott
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Dudley's Descendants

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Robert (1stEarlOfLeicester) Dudley (24 Jun 1533 – 04 Sep 1588) m. Douglas Howard (1545 – 11 Dec 1608)
  1. 1. Robert (II 2, Sir Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of) Warwick (7 August 1574 – 6 September 1649) m. Lady (Bridget) Green (1569 – 1674)
    1. 1. Edward (Dudley royal) blood (6 Feb 1605 – 6 Feb 1655) m. Elizabeth (PRICHARD) Dudley (1599 – 2 October 1691) m. Elizabeth (PRICHARD) Dudley (1599 – 2 Oct 1691) m. Elizabeth Pritchard (1600 – 2 October 1691)
      1. 1. Colonel (Richard Dudley, Revolutionary War) Veteran (1623 – 05 Jun 1687) m. Mary (Ann Sewell) Dudley (1628 – 1657)
        1. 1. Maj. (Robert) Dudley (Abt. 1647 – 20 Oct 1701) m. Elizabeth Ransom (Abt. 1669 – 23 Dec 1718)

Robert Dudley's Timeline

2 Records

1533
24 Jun 1533
Birth of Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley in , , , England
, , , England
1588
04 Sep 1588
Age 55
Death of Robert 1stEarlOfLeicester Dudley in Cornbury, , , England
Cornbury, , , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jun 1533
    Event Place: , , , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Sep 1588
    Event Place: Cornbury, , , England
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