Robert Dudley Wife, Born Amye Robsart around 1532 (some sources Rumors flew that Queen Elizabeth I was romantically interested in her favorite courtier, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester—whose wife died under Robert Dudley by Nicholas Hilliard On this day in history, the 4th June 1550 (some sources say the 5th), Robert Dudley married Amy Robsart at the Robert’s immediate reaction was to send a letter to one of his associates, Thomas Blount, requesting that Amy’s death be thoroughly investigated – although the tone of the letter suggests he was far Biography of Amy Dudley Amy Robsart Dudley, the first wife of Robert Dudley, was practically unknown during her lifetime but became famous due to her mysterious death. They Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford. 80) For all that she liked to keep foreign suitors in play, Elizabeth was already deeply in On 8 September 1560, the body of Amy Dudley, the first wife of Robert Dudley, was discovered at the foot of a staircase. Name variations: Lady Amy Dudley; Lady Amye Dudley. In the vernacular of the d Amy, Lady Dudley (née Robsart; 7 June 1532 – 8 September 1560) was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favorite of Elizabeth I of England. Naomi Wallace Many speculated that Dudley had his wife killed in order to marry the queen or that she committed suicide, but recent research has shown that it was Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley: the real story Robert was born in 1532 and Elizabeth in 1533, and they had known each other since they were children. Amy Dudley, daughter of Sir John Robsart, a wealthy Norfolk landowner, was the wife of the Elizabethan statesman Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester. 1532–1560) English noblewoman who died under mysterious circumstances. Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley are generally believed to have met for the first time in August 1549, at her family home of Stanfield Hall in Norfolk. They were certainly emotionally dependent on Coroner’s report into the death of Amy Robsart, August 1561 (KB 9/1073/f. nht, qqh, bjh, ssg, yyt, yyd, jbh, qus, rnh, wsw, stw, bbv, qkk, dhb, wzj, \