I think Lettice Knollys gets a bit of a rough deal, especially in the world of historical fiction and drama. I want to think about why she is frequently remembered as the person that got in the middle of Elizabeth I and her “true love” Robert Dudley?

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Portrait of Mary I of England by Antonis Mor (1554). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Portrait of Sir Francis Knollys by an unknown artist (c.1572). Held in the collection of Greys Court.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys by Steven van der Meulen (1562). Held by the Yale Center for British Art.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in coronation robes by an unknown English artist (c.1600). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Lettice Knollys attributed to George Gower (c.1585). Held in the collection of the Marquess of Bath at Longleat.

Portrait of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex by an unknown artist (c.1575, based on a work of 1572). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Screenshot from Simon Adams, ODNB entry on Lettice Knollys (2008).

Portrait of Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester attributed to Steven van der Meulen (c.1560-1565). Held by The Wallace Collection.

Pair of stamp size miniatures of Elizabeth I of England and her favourite Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester by Nicholas Hilliard (c.1575). Held in a private collection.

Portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (early 17th century, based on a work of c.1596). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Allegorical painting of the crown passing from Elizabeth I to James I, by Paul Delaroche (1828). Held by the Louvre Museum.

Portrait of King James VI of Scots and I of England attributed to John de Critz (1605). Held by the Museo del Prado.

Portrait of Anne of Denmark attributed to John de Critz (1605). Held by the National Maritime Museum, London.

Photograph taken in the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, Beauchamp Chapel, showing the tomb of Robert and Lettice Dudley. Taken by Chris Nyborg (2006).