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Robert Catesby (c. 1572 – 8 November 1605) was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Born in Warwickshire, Catesby was educated at Oxford University. His family were prominent recusant Catholics, and presumably to avoid swearing the Oath of Supremacy he left college before taking his degree.
Biografia. Già cospiratore cattolico nell' Essex nel 1601, iniziò ad avere contatti politici con la Spagna per pianificare un'eventuale guerra contro l' Inghilterra protestante di Elisabetta I. Sposa Catherine Leigh, hanno due figli: Robert e William. Robert prima di venire battezzato muore, invece suo fratello vive.
Robert Catesby (born 1573, Lapworth, Warwickshire, Eng.—died Nov. 8, 1605, Holbeche House, Staffordshire) was the chief instigator of the Gunpowder Plot, a Roman Catholic conspiracy to blow up King James I and the English Parliament on Nov. 5, 1605.
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Cospiratore cattolico (n. Lapworth, Warwickshire, 1573 - m. nello Staffordshire 1605). Avendo preso parte alla ribellione di Robert conte di Essex nel 1601, fu imprigionato e multato; nel 1602 inviò alla corte di Filippo III di Spagna il cugino Thomas Winter allo scopo di organizzare l'invasione dell'Inghilterra.
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James I by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought regime change in England after decades of religious ...
4 lug 2024 · Robert Catesby. Robert Catesby was born around 1572 in Warwickshire to Roman Catholic parents with close links to many other local Catholic families. He was charismatic and made friends easily - many of whom remained loyal and devoted to him.
9 nov 2009 · The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and others to blow up England’s King James I and the British Parliament on November 5, 1605.
