September 21 - Robert Dudley’s secret marriage

On this day in Tudor history, Sunday 21st September 1578, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, married Lettice Dereveux (née Knollys) in a secret marriage at his house. So secret was it that he only told his chaplain and his friends the day before.

 

Leicester was marrying the woman Elizabeth I had dubbed "the she-wolf", so he knew that his queen would not be happy. 

 

In today's talk, Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society, gives details of this secret wedding along with some facts about the bride, Lettice Knollys.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/PkC3Y-pbuYA

 

You can find Claire at:

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