On the 25th February 1601 on Tower Green in London inside the Tower of London, a former favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor Queen was led up towards the execution scaffold for his death. Waiting for him was an axeman who was ready to take his head from his shoulders. Robert Devereux was the 2nd Earl of Essex and he was sentenced to death for treason and he was someone who was linked to rebellion. He was a man who was jealous, but he captured the imagination of the Queen and some believed he may have even been a man linked to a marriage with the Queen, Elizabeth I. Following his execution, Robert Devereux was interred and buried inside of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula inside of the Tower of London’s wall. However this was not the end of his story as centuries later, his body was dug up and was exhumed from it’s grave and what those people who did this found was remarkable.
12 июн 2024