Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
Chivalric Order Member
1563 – 1626
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Who was Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester?
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and an interesting poet. His mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and a sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, an advisor and favourite of the Queen.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1563
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- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Died
- Jul 13, 1626
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on July 23, 2013
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