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Born c.1485
Died March 14, 1555 • London • England
House / Dynasty Russell family
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, undated engraving.
George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham
English statesman
Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex
English soldier and courtier
Henry Jermyn, Earl of Saint Albans
English courtier
Robert de Vere, 9th earl of Oxford
English statesman
Petre, engraving
Sir Edward Petre, 2nd Baronet
English Jesuit
Priscilla Alden
English colonist
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
John Alden
English colonist
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the elder [1262-1326]
Beatrice Webb
British economist
Sidney 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