Person:Edmund Dudley (2)

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Edmund Dudley
b.Est 1462
d.17 Aug 1510
m. 1452
  1. Edmund DudleyEst 1462 - 1510
  1. Elizabeth DudleyAbt 1475 -
  2. John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland1502 - 1553
  3. Andrew DudleyBet 1504 & 1506 - 1553
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Name Edmund Dudley
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1462
Marriage to Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle
Marriage to Anne Windsor
Death[1] 17 Aug 1510
Reference Number? Q548613?


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Edmund Dudley (c. 1462 or 1471/147217 August 1510) was an English administrator and a financial agent of King Henry VII. He served as a leading member of the Council Learned in the Law, Speaker of the House of Commons and President of the King's Council. After the accession of Henry VIII, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed the next year on a treason charge. While waiting for his execution he wrote The Tree of Commonwealth. Edmund Dudley was also the grandfather of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, a favourite of Henry VIII's daughter, Elizabeth I.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Edmund Dudley, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Edmund Dudley, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.