Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
English noble (1582-1642)
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (16 December 1582 – 24 October 1642) was an English military officer and courtier.
Personal details
Robert Bertie was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (b. 12 October 1555 – d. 25 June 1601) and Mary de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. Queen Elizabeth I was his godmother, and two of her favourite earls (Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex), whose Christian name he bore, were his godfathers.
Career
The long Continental wars throughout the peaceful reign of King James I had been treated by the English nobility as schools of arms, as a few campaigns were considered a graceful finish to a gentleman's education.
He succeeded his father as Baron Willoughby de Eresby in 1601. Noted as "lord Willobie", he performed in The Coleorton Masque in February 1618. He was later created Earl of Lindsey on 22 November 1626 and took his title from the northern of the three parts of Lincolnshire, the old Kingdom of Lindsey.
Kalmar War
In February 1612, at the request of a Danish ambassador Jonas Charisius, there were plans to raise an army under Robert Bertie and Sir Edward Cecil to fight against Sweden in the Kalmar War.
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