Douglas Sheffield, Baroness Sheffield
Douglas, Lady Sheffield, was an English noblewoman, the lover of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and mother by him of explorer/cartographer Sir Robert Dudley, an illegitimate son.
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, lover of Douglas Sheffield
Sir Robert Dudley, son of Douglas Sheffield
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, 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.
Portrait in Waddesdon Manor, c. 1564. In the background are the devices of the Order of Saint Michael and the Order of the Garter; Robert Dudley was a knight of both.
Elizabeth's coronation procession: Robert Dudley is on horseback on the far left, leading the palfrey of honour.
Elizabeth I coronation miniature
Lord Robert Dudley c. 1560