Queen Elizabeth I - Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

Queen Elizabeth I fell in love several times. The Virgin Queen, Queen Elizabeth I 's first lover and truest love was a handsome commoner named Robert Dudley. Robert Dudley was a married man. The romance between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley lasted for many years until Robert Dudley 's wife died under mysterious circumstances; she was found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck. No one saw the accident and historians now believe Mrs. Robert Dudley committed suicide.

Gossip about Robert Dudley 's wife

But at the time, there was gossip that Robert Dudley had murdered her. If Queen Elizabeth I had ever considered marrying him, the scandal put an end to it. Although the romance between Queen Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and Robert Dudley continued for several years, Robert Dudley eventually remarried, and Queen Elizabeth I, angry at first, later forgave him and even made Robert Dudley an earl. Robert Dudley became the Earl of Leicester - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Queen Elizabeth I confessing true love for Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

When Queen Elizabeth I was once very ill with smallpox and not expected to live, Queen Elizabeth I was said to have sworn that she loved the Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, deeply but, God as her witness, "nothing improper had ever passed between them." It was critical to Queen Elizabeth I that she always have an absolutely untarnished reputation in matters of the opposite sex.

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