Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester
Unknown artist
ca. 1595
The courtier and magnate Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/33-1588), was the favorite of Queen Elizabeth from 1559 to 1562. The robes are those of a Knight of the Order of the Garter, to which he was appointed in 1559. He died of malaria in England in 1588.
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