The DOWNFALL And Execution Of Robert Devereux
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Robert Devereux was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I during the Tudor period and he rose to prominence as the Earl of Essex. He was a very wealthy and powerful man across Elizabethan society, and was also known to have been a feared soldier. He was a leading member of the Queen's court but he led a rebellion against Elizabeth which was known as Essex's rebellion, and for this he would fall from grace very quickly.
One of Devereux's greatest flaws was his actions in Ireland in which he was sent to put down a number of rebellions, however he actually ended up agreeing a truce with the Irish rebel leader, and for this ended up being banned from England for this. When he returned he came back to find that his position had changed drastically and that the Queen was furious with him. She saw his truce as a dereliction of his duty, and for this he was placed on trial.
During his trial and house arrest, he began to create a plot to force a meeting with the Queen and to get her opinion on the matter. He staged a rebellion inside London which planned to march into the city to force the Queen to talk with him, however he was quickly declared a traitor and his rebel army abandoned him. When he retreated his mansion was besieged and then Devereux was arrested. He was thrown into the Tower of London, and later on he was executed inside the walls of the Tower, being of noble birth he was spared a public execution on Tower Hill.
The fate of Robert Devereux is very interesting, as he was a man who seemingly had everything, but his end was rather tragic. So join us today as we look at the 'Downfall and Execution of Robert Devereux, The Earl of Essex.'
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His rise and fall is fascinating. His arrogance is just baffling and it’s incredible he survived as long as he did.
Definitely agree with his arrogance! Thanks for the comment mate.
@@TheUntoldPast thanks for the great content!
He was brainwashed from his childhood, that he was the last great hope of England. He was justified in his distrust of Burleigh and his son. They manipulated the queen to empower and enrich themselves. Read Alexandra Gajda book on Essex.
Check out the episode "All England's Pride," part 6 of the old BBC drama Elizabeth R. The sets are a stagey and the filming nothing special, but the script and acting are superb. Robin Ellis played Essex and he is simply superb, by turns supremely arrogant and then utterly pathetic.
Thanks for not using an automated voice, which mispronounce words, and alter the meanings of sentences.
This is the same earl of essex who drew his sword against Elizabeth after she boxed his ears for disrespect and entered her room without permission while she was half dressed. His arrogance and pride were astounding and the fact he survived as long as he did is kind of incredible.
I think being a young, clever man who was distant family, Queen Elizabeth indulged him somewhat. Perhaps she also saw him as the son she never had.
@@sayitlikeitis5026 I think his connection to Robert Dudley can’t be understated either.
I'm very surprised, that drawing a sword on the monarch in this case Elizabeth 1 is an act of treason, A french man who did that to king louis 15 of france was to face an horrific execution for that act, he was pulled apart by four horses then burned in front of a baying crowd, so the earl of essex was lucky that his sentence was commuted to beheading but in france they had different methods for treason!
@@johnentwhistlesurelysamsun1840 Yeah, good point and this suggests that she was guilty of indulging him at times. This likely emboldened him to commit even more reckless acts.
@@johnentwhistlesurelysamsun1840 I think you’re right and normally it absolutely would be a death sentence. I think that was another example of Elizabeth going easy on him yet again and seeing the impertinent but lovable boy he was instead of the angry prideful jealous man he is.
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Yes clear straightforward and concise! Always consistent and the narration is awesome!
Man's thirst for power has never changed regardless of time
Sociopath's thirst for power: the rest of us get along just fine.
The Earl of Essex had it all-- but he was too self-absorbed to realize that there were limits to Elizabeth's patience.
A lesson not to underestimate anyone.
@@suzy64 Or overestimate your own importance.
Sounds like your opinion of your ex.
@@djcudworth2355 Overestimating their own importance is a description of everyone's ex.
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I know me thinks he could be a history teacher 😁
Too rapid
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I think it was dangerous for any man to get too close to Elizabeth.
I think he was out of his depth in Ireland.
In the end he probably thought the Queen would forgive him anything.
He should have just kept a low profile after the debacle in Ireland but Devereux being Devereux, that wasn't going to happen!
It is rumoured that Tyrone would support his rebellion, as long as he was granted Ireland.
I love your channel ! Very interesting and informative!
NEVER PISS OFF A WOMAN! ESPECIALLY IF SHE JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE QUEEN!
I have the heart and stomach of a concrete elephant!😅
To be fair, this guy really pushed his luck!
You learn quick.!😂
@@suzy64 at a very young age no doubt. Pissing off grandma and my mother never ended well. Lol!
Those portrait paintings are like photographs!
There's nothing like ending a busy day with a great Tudor career and execution. Thank you 👍
Thanks for your comment! :)
Mary Froggatt I'm with you there, Mary! Kinda removes the stress of the day!😂
Devereux also had a perchant for breaking royal protocols and Knighting various noble men under his command in Ireland.
One of those men just so happened to be my distant grandfather, a grandson of the Earl of Rutland.
According to the sources and records Devereux Knighted him TWICE in 1599!
Thank you for keeping my interests peaked!
Lettuce Knollys lolol Lettice is her name, not Lettuce. I couldn't stop giggling. I used to think her name was Lettuce, too.
I live near Chartley Castle - The childhood home of Essex and where Lettice Knollys died aged 91. What a different world it would’ve been had Elizabeth I lived to that age.
Wow!
James I would’ve never have been King
Great video as always. Astounding his level of arrogance with Queen Elizabeth I. Maybe she doted on him so much due to she was older and he reminded him of a younger Leicester
Or perhaps, she saw herself as a mother figure to him.
Just got recommended, and I really like the fact that your videos go into those stories that seem to be a footnote, but that they always seem to just say a little bit about in every book. Well met. Edit. And am assuming ergo the title🤦♀️. And I’m going to take a wild stab and say that Elizabeth was furious that the man she loved married a younger, prettier version of herself cousin. And poor woman trying to replace Robert with a younger version of himself.🤔.
Love your videos
Obviously Elizabeth's toy boy lover - that's why he got so cheeky
Her Grand Nephew.
Nice 1 again, keep it up bud 😄
I really like your videos and always learn new things. Thank you for taking time.
Thanks for your nice words :)
My great great great Tec grandfather. My family extend from one of he s youngest daughters (he had 12 or 14 children) well the family story states that's been past down these last few hundred years. Our family tree extends past him but not complete of all he s children through time lost. Thanks for putting this up much appreciated. It is very true to the family story. My cousin and brother carry hes name.
To add to said failings in Ireland. He felt sorry and appalled by there treatment as our family has always stated
Would love a few videos about the time of the English Civil War and execution of King Charles I. Probably a more bloody time in English history than the Tudor period.
Really interesting video. New subscriber 🥰
I'm currently listening to life of Elizabeth 1 by Alison Weir on audible. Your look into the executions surrounding her reign just adds a little more meat to the bones. They actually go hand in hand. Thanks 👌
My wife says you should read if you haven't innocent traitor that's about lady jane grey and six Tudor queens by Alison Weir there her favourites 😄
Also Philippa Gregory her books are are great.
@@beccaboo3040 I agree Philippa Gregory's books are entertaining, but they're really, really inaccurate- & yes they're fiction, but unlike other authors, she claims a lot of her wild inventions are factual. And the inventions are really, really unkind to virtually every historical person... So it's just good to keep in mind that they're about as historical as Game of Thrones, only she didn't change the names.
So helpful!
I've heard that the queen receives on average 2 poops in the mail each week. My question is...
Who's sending the other one?
What a load of crap. 🤣
No shit?
Me
The grisly executions that took place in England were even more horrific than those that took place in France : by using the guillotine, there were no botched beheadings in France, however beheadings there seem to have become popular public entertainment, always attended by huge crowds. The mind boggles !
Seems better to have stayed far away and clear of the court.
Never understood y they thought getting their head head chopped off was so noble
Probably because compared to the other horrors that were common place when it came to punishment it was relatively dignified and quick . I can imagine many actually felt some sense of relief knowing that would be their end instead other alternatives .
Yeh because it’s better than being Burnt, or Hung, Drawn and Quartered
Its like you can just say a name from the tudor period and you will find a video about the persons life and execution
Makes you wonder why anyone ever tried to get close to the Monarchs, since it often got one a bad death. Maybe anything was worth risking, if it allowed one to escape the horrors and misery of being a commoner or peasant?
The Irish kicked his ass. Great upload. Respect, from Ireland.
What amazes me is the portraits of these people! Some of them are like looking at a photograph!😱
Suitably played by the flamboyant Errol Flynn
It seems you had a better chance of survival being a poor surf than being a noble during Tudor times. I guess nobody was safe at court.
In this case, he did this to himself.
Arrogant full of his own importance 'this has brought down many men 'no one is above anybody else 'just because a man sweeps the streets for a living doesn't mean he's less of a man than you 'ive seen it were a wealthy man looked down his nose at the poorer man 'in this case the wealthy man went bankrupt and the man that sweep the streets had the last laugh 'my father always said be kind to people on your way up in the world because you could meet them on your way down 'as well i never forgot this
His trial was presided over by Sir Edward Coke, who was go on to write the first treatises on legal cases in England.
A great shame for a young man with such promise to die on the scaffold like that, especially in large part due to his own spoiled and foolish antics.
It would be amazing if we could see what these people really looked like in person.
Agreed. I’d love to know how they really looked.
@@stefanfilipovits21 I'm sure not as nice as there portraits.
@@beccaboo3040 DEFINITELY not. Tudor history is famously rife with ppl not looking like their portraits and it leading to friction. Henry, Anne of Cleves, and Elizabeth all have “bad portrait” stories.
Any relation to Sir Edward Devereux?
Yes
I'm beginning to wonder, which list of these monarchs close confidants would be the longest.
Those who lost, or those who kept their heads ?
That's what he gets for having Rodrigo Lopez killed for no reason so ha Karma but sad though...
Sad story
I wonder what Robert Dudley would have thought of all this.
Being in the inner circle of the royal family should come with danger money 🪓
So he was the son of Elizabeth's first cousin, if Mary, sister of Ann Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth, was his grandmother.
Devereux was the son of Lettice Knollys, who was the daughter of Catherine Carey, who was the daughter of Mary Boleyn. So he was the grandson of Elizabeth's first cousin Catherine (who was 9 years older than Elizabeth)- as the narrator correctly said, Elizabeth's first cousin twice removed.
Devereux is the name of the villian in the cult movie Kiss Meets The Phantom 😃
I forgot about that movie lol
The derrick crane was named after Thomas Derrick, the executioner who was pardoned by and executed the Earl of Essex.
Bobby went soft on the Micks!
I used to be enchanted with the Devereaux family until when I found what poor military leaders they were...
She wore the ring he gave her every day for the rest of her life after his execution.
Karma for him for condemning the queen’s physician and I think another person along with him
Can we take about how they have the death penalty to people who were guilty of SA, we stan that
I’m related to Robert devereux!
I no its cold in there
Just another fool who got too big for his boots.You Did not do that back then as the end was never good.
By now this would have been the Elizabethan period! Get it rightZ,
I still have our family crest
My 10th great grandad!
Lettice Knowles
It's pronounced that way, like "Noles", but it's genuinely spelled "Knollys". I mispronounced it for years!
@@beth7935 I know Sweetie, others may not.
@@geowynleda4641Cool, I wasn't sure, & just clarifying the spelling vs pronounciation. Not as whacko as Wriothesley though!
@@beth7935 If you think that's bad try Cholmondley and Featherstoneshaw.
@@geowynleda4641 Yes, they're terrible! And Marjoribanks! And all the place-names, which I'm more likely to get wrong cos I'm Australian.
Roberto Devereux is a great opera by Donizetti. Montserrat Caballé was incredible as Elizabeth I:
ruclips.net/video/JBS2F6__83E/видео.html
That must have taken some organizing to transport 16,000 to Ireland! Their ships weren't very big.
Well he was such a horrible traitor...😂
A failed rebellion, luckily this doesn't happen now
He was arrogant and power hungry. By the standards of the day he got what he deserved.
Kings and Queens people think are so very good. Maybe people need to see what was going on.
I liked the movie better! LoL
Ha. First comment....