Background
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was born on 11 January, 1591 at the home of his grandmother, Lady Walsingham, in Seething Lane, London, United Kingdom.
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Essex the Rebel: The Life of Robert Devereux, the Third Earl of Essex, 1591-1646
(Book by Snow, Vernon F.)
Book by Snow, Vernon F.
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Robert Devereux 3rd Essex
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He was educated at Eton and at Merton College, Oxford.
Career
From 1620 to 1623 he served in the wars of the Palatinate, and in 1625 he was vice-admiral of a fleet which made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Cadiz.
In 1639 he was lieutenant-general of the army sent' by Charles against the Scottish Covenanters; but on account of the irresolution of the king no battle occurred, and the army was disbanded at the end of the year.
Having taken the side of the parliament against Charles, he was, on the outbreak of the civil war in 1642, appointed to the command of the parliamentary army.
At the battle of Edgehill he remained master 1 i. e. in the Devereux line. of the field, and in 1643 he captured Reading, and relieved Gloucester; but in the campaign of the following year, on account of his hesitation to fight against the king in person, nearly his whole army fell into the hands of Charles.
Essex became a national hero when he shared command of the expedition that captured Cádiz in 1596, but he failed the next year in an expedition to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet off the Azores.
He was soon released but was banned from the court. Still popular, Essex planned a coup that would oust the enemy party and establish his own about the queen.
To this end he sought support from the army in Ireland and opened negotiations with James VI in Scotland, but these efforts failed.
Desperately, he made his attempt with a small body of personal followers on Feb. 8, 1601.
At the trial Bacon contributed heavily to his former patron's conviction.
Elizabeth, after some hesitation, signed the death warrant, and Essex was executed.
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Essex the Rebel: The Life of Robert Devereux, the Third Earl of Essex, 1591-1646
(Book by Snow, Vernon F.)
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Essex the Rebel: The Life of Robert Devereux, the Third Earl of Essex, 1591-1646
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A second marriage which he contracted in 1631 with Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Paulet, also ended unhappily.
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