Queen Elizabeth's and Oxford's family trees
Sir William Cecil, Oxford's father-in-law, was the right-hand man of Queen Elizabeth. His son, Sir Robert Cecil, helped bring King James to the throne.
Oxford's cousin, Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, tried to marry Elizabeth's rival, Mary, Queen of Scots, and was beheaded for treason.
Shakespearean connections:
Oxford's cousin, Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk, tried to marry Elizabeth's rival, Mary, Queen of Scots, and was beheaded for treason.
Shakespearean connections:
- Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, wrote the first Shakespeare-form sonnets in English.
- Henry Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, is widely supposed to be the Fair Youth of the Sonnets.
- Philip and William Herbert were the dedicatees of the First Folio.
