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Devereux

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Dev·er·eux  (dv-r), Robert. Second Earl of Essex. 1566-1601.
English nobleman and favorite of Elizabeth I. He was executed for treason after taking part in an uprising of the people of London.


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I can do more, for even your ambitious soul cannot refuse the Earl of Devereux and De Vere, when he gives his ancient name and boundless wealth in return for the beloved hand of this fair lady, now my wife.
Margaret Devereux was one of the loveliest creatures I ever saw, Harry.
Frederick's first-born, Frederick Augustus Howard Stanley Devereux Bullock, was born, old Osborne, who was invited to the christening and to be godfather, contented himself with sending the child a gold cup, with twenty guineas inside it for the nurse.
 
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