"Here lies the noble warrior that never blunted sword; Here lies the noble courtier that never kept his word; Here lies his excellency that governed all the state; Here lies the L. of Leicester that all the world did hate."
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Politicians from EnglandMilitary leaders from EnglandProtestantsChancellors of the University of OxfordPeople of the Elizabethan era
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Sir Walter Raleigh, "Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester"; John Hannah, ed., Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh (1892), XXIII. Fragments and Epigrams
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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
, KG, PC (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years.
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