How the Tudors Lost Their Heads · SEASON 1

Earl of Essex – Fall of a Favourite

Episode 4 · 2026-09-27

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Episode overview

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, was Elizabeth I’s golden boy: a charming, reckless war hero. He stood at the Queen’s side as she rallied troops against the Spanish Armada. But just twelve years on, he was executed for leading a rebellion. Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Snow unpack Essex’s rapid rise and fall, and the court politics that sealed his fate.

44 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. Mary, Queen of Scots2026-09-06 2. Perkin Warbeck & the Princes in the Tower2026-09-13 3. Anne Boleyn2026-09-20 4. Earl of Essex – Fall of a Favourite2026-09-27 5. John Dudley: The Wicked Duke2026-10-04 6. Margaret Pole: The Last Plantagenet2026-10-11