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Sir Francis Walsingham. Walsingham doubled as Elizabeth’s principal secretary and spymaster. In September 1586, Babington and most of the conspirators were executed. Mary of Scots would go to her death the next year for her part in what would become known as the Babington Plot. Her death, at first rejected by Elizabeth, was finally ensured by ...
25 de jul. de 2006 · Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her.
27 de jul. de 2009 · Frances Walsingham (also Frances Sidney; Frances Devereux, Countess of Essex; Frances De Burgh (or Burke), Countess of St. Albans and Clanricarde) 1569 - 13 February 1631) was an English countess during the Tudor and Stuart periods. She was the only child of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I, and Ursula St. Barbe. A lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, she married Philip ...
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The only surviving child of Francis Walsingham, the queen’s Principal Secretary and spymaster, Frances married the poet and soldier Sir Philip Sydney in 1583. After his death from a battle wound only three years later, she married Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth’s favorite throughout the 1590s.
Frances Walsingham war das einzige überlebende Kind von Sir Francis Walsingham, dem Meisterspion Königin Elisabeths I., und dessen zweiter Ehefrau Ursula St. Barbe. Ihre Schwester Mary starb bereits im Kindesalter. 1583 wurde Frances, die Elisabeth I. als Hofdame diente, mit Sir Philip Sidney verheiratet. Die Ehe war von ihrem Vater entgegen ...
15 de jul. de 2022 · Utilizing these networks, Walsingham was able to uncover multiple plots against Elizabeth including the proposed invasion of England by France and Spain. Perhaps the most important plot that he stopped was the Babington Plot, which was exposed in 1586 in which Mary, Queen of Scots was to be broken free and led to take the throne of England.
Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – April 6, 1590) is remembered by history as the "spymaster" of Queen Elizabeth I of England. An admirer of Machiavelli, Walsingham is remembered as one of the most proficient espionage-weavers in history, excelling in the use of intrigues and deception to secure the English Crown.
