List of Famous people with last name Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

First Name Robert
Last Name Leicester
Born on June 24, 1532
Died on September 4, 1588 (aged 56)

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the Queen's hand for many years.

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Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester

First Name Simon
Last Name Leicester
Died on June 25, 1218

Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, known as Simon IV de Montfort and as Simon de Montfort the Elder, was a French nobleman and famed knight of the early 13th century. He is widely regarded as one of the great military commanders of the Middle Ages. He took part in the Fourth Crusade and was one of the prominent figures of the Albigensian Crusade. Montfort is mostly noted for his campaigns in the latter, notably for his triumph at Muret. He died at the Siege of Toulouse in 1218. He was lord of Montfort-l'Amaury from 1188 to his death and Earl of Leicester in England from 1204. He was also Viscount of Albi, Béziers and Carcassonne from 1213, as well as Count of Toulouse from 1215.

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Petronilla de Grandmesnil, countess of Leicester

First Name Petronilla
Last Name Leicester
Born on January 1, 1150
Died on April 1, 1212 (aged 62)

Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester was the wife of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, known as "Blanchmains". After a long widowhood, she was buried in Leicester Abbey after her death on 1 April 1212.

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Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester

First Name Simon
Last Name Leicester
Born on May 23, 1208
Died on August 4, 1265 (aged 57)

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was a nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King Henry III of England, culminating in the Second Barons' War. Following his initial victories over royal forces, he became de facto ruler of the country, and played a major role in the constitutional development of England.

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Eleanor of Leicester

First Name Eleanor
Born on January 1, 1215
Died on April 13, 1275 (aged 60)

Eleanor of England was the youngest child of John, King of England and Isabella of Angoulême.

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Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester

First Name Thomas
Last Name Leicester
Born on December 26, 1822
Died on January 24, 1909 (aged 86)

Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer.

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Elizabeth of Vermandois, Countess of Leicester

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Leicester
Died on February 13, 1131

Elizabeth of Vermandois, was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman, who by her two marriages was the mother of the 1st Earl of Worcester, the 2nd Earl of Leicester, the 3rd Earl of Surrey, and of Gundred de Warenne, mother of the 4th Earl of Warwick.

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Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester

First Name Dorothy
Last Name Leicester
Born on November 30, 1597
Died on August 20, 1659 (aged 61)

Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester, was the eldest daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife, Lady Dorothy Devereux. Her sister was the alleged intrigant Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, and their eldest surviving brother was Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.

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Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester

First Name Robert
Last Name Leicester
Born on November 19, 1563
Died on July 13, 1626 (aged 62)

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and a poet. His mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and a sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, an advisor and favourite of the Queen.

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Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester

First Name Robert
Last Name Leicester
Born on December 1, 1595
Died on November 2, 1677 (aged 81)

Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625 and then succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Leicester.

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