death_date nationality offices birth_date residence death_place title spouse image name death_cause caption resting_place predecessor birth_place parents known_for issue successor wars_and_battles tenure article_title
25 february 1601 english master of the ordnance lord lieutenant of ireland of the horse privy councillor earl marshal master-general 10 november 1565 essex house , london tower of london earl of essex frances walsingham elizabeth southwell -lrb- mistress -rrb- robert gheeraerts the younger.jpg devereux , 2nd earl of essex by marcus robert devereux decapitation robert marcus gheeraerts the younger devereux , 2nd earl of essex , after chapel of st. peter ad vincula , london walter devereux , 1st earl of essex netherwood near bromyard , herefordshire , england walter devereux , 1st earl of essex lettice knollys favourite of elizabeth i robert devereux frances seymour , duchess of somerset sir walter devereux devereux -lrb- illegitimate -rrb- , 3rd earl of essex lady dorothy robert devereux , 3rd earl of essex dutch azores expedition , 1597 irish nine years ' war revolt spanish armada english armada capture of cadiz 1576 -- 1601 robert devereux , 2nd earl of essex

robert devereux , 2nd earl of essex

robert devereux , 2nd earl of essex , kg pc -lrb- ; 10 november 1565 -- 25 february 1601 -rrb- was an english nobleman and a favourite of elizabeth i. politically ambitious , and a committed general , he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in ireland during the nine years ' war in 1599 .
in 1601 , he led an abortive coup d'état against the government and was executed for treason .
