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The Death of Amy Robsart

Cumnor, Oxfordshire

The wife of Elizabeth I's favourite, found dead at the foot of the stairs.

Amy Robsart was married to Robert Dudley, the favourite of Elizabeth I. On 8 September 1560 she sent her servants away to a fair, and was later found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs at Cumnor Place, with a broken neck.

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When
8 September 1560
Where
51.7350, -1.3330
Group
Unexplained

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Cumnor Place was demolished. The village church has a statue of Elizabeth I.

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