Robert Devereux
English nobleman
Died when: 35 years 107 days (423 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/'d?v??ru?/; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599.
In 1601, he led an abortive coup d'état against the government of Elizabeth I and was executed for treason.
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