Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st earl of Essex

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Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st earl of Essex: Facts & Related Content

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Died	September 16, 1144 • Mildenhall • England

Anthony Babington

English conspirator

Stephen

Stephen

king of England

William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke

English regent

Robert Fitzwalter

English noble

Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcy

English noble

Robert, earl of Gloucester

English noble

Ranulf de Gernons, 4th earl of Chester

English noble

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore

British statesman

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the younger [died 1326]

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the elder [1262-1326]

Priscilla Alden

English colonist

John Alden

English colonist

Sidney Webb

British economist

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Poet John Milton

John Milton

English poet

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

British author, philosopher, and statesman

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I

queen of England

William I

William I

king of England

Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII

king of England