LC control no. | n 50026930 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649 |
Variant(s) | Dudleo, Ruberto, Sir, 1574-1649 Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1574-1649 Northumberland, Robert Dudley, Duke of, 1574-1649 Warwick, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1574-1649 |
Birth date | 1574 |
Death date | 1649 |
Found in | LC database 3-1-94 (hdg.: Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649; usage: Robert Dudley, [styled] Duke of Northumberland, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Leicester, Sir Robert Dudley) Tooley's dict. mapmakers, 1979 (Dudley, Sir Robert, 1574-1649, engineer, geographer, living in Italy, d. Florence; Ruberto Dudleo) Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 1, 2013 (Robert Dudley (explorer), illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and Lady Douglas Sheffield; claimed legitimacy before the Star Chamber in 1603, but the claim was rejected; thereafter moved to Tuscany; the Grand Duchess Maria Magdalena of Tuscany persuaded her brother Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II to recognize Dudley as the lawful Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick and Leicester, claims rejected by James I of England) |