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Sir Robert Dudley 1574–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 August 1574

Birth Location: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England

Death Date: 6 September 1649

Death Location: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Father: Robert Leicester

Mother: Lady Sheffield

Spouse(s): Lady Leigh, Elizabeth Southwell

Children(s): Douglas Dudley, Alice Dudley, Katharine Dudley, Lady Duchess, Alezia Dudley, Ann Dudley, Charles Warwick

The story of Sir Robert Dudley began in 1574 in Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England. Sir Robert Dudley married Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Alice Leigh, Miss Cavendish, and had children including Alezia Dudley, Alice Dudley, Ann Dudley, Charles Dudley Duke Of Northumberland Earl Of Warwick, Douglas Dudley, Katharine Dudley, Lady Frances Dudley Duchess. Sir Robert Dudley passed away in 1649 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Robert Dudley began in 1574 in Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England.
  • Sir Robert Dudley married Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Alice Leigh, Miss Cavendish, and had children including Alezia Dudley, Alice Dudley, Ann Dudley, Charles Dudley Duke Of Northumberland Earl Of Warwick, Douglas Dudley, Katharine Dudley, Lady Frances Dudley Duchess.
  • Sir Robert Dudley passed away in 1649 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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Sir Dudley's Ancestors

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Sir Dudley
1574–1649
Birth Place: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
Parents
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
1532–1588
Lady (Douglass) Sheffield
–1608
Lambeth (Surrey) England
Grandparents
Dudley, (Duke of) Northumberland
1502–1553
London, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Attorney
1462–1510
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Sutton
1427–1503

Sir Dudley's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Dudley (7 August 1574–6 September 1649) m. Lady (Alice) Leigh (1578–22 Jan 1669) m. Elizabeth Southwell (–1676)
  1. 1. Douglas Dudley –1649
  2. 2. Alice Dudley –1621
  3. 3. Katharine Dudley –1673 m. Sir (Richard Leveson) KB 1598–1661
  4. 4. Lady (Frances Dudley,) Duchess –1641
  5. 5. Alezia Dudley –1631
  6. 6. Ann Dudley –1663
  7. 7. Charles (Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of) Warwick 1614–1686

Sir Dudley's Timeline

2 Records

1574
7 August 1574
Birth of Sir Robert Dudley in Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
1649
6 September 1649
Age 75
Death of Sir Robert Dudley in Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 August 1574
    Event Place: Richmond, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [3] Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [4] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [5] North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 September 1649
    Event Place: Florence, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [3] Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [4] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [5] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
    Record Source: Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current

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