Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603) striking Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Esse, English nobleman and a favourite of 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 sailed from Ireland on 24 September 1599, and reached London four days later after the Queen had expressly forbidden his

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