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Sir Walter Raleigh was born in 1552. People of today are unsure of his exact birthdate was. He was known to of been born in Devon England. He was born the youngest of five children, his father had had one prior marriage though. -
At the age of 17, Sir Walter Raleigh leaves for battle against the French Huguenots in the wars of Religion. -
Sir Walter Raleigh leaves for college. He attended Oriel College, Oxford, and studied law at the Middle Temple law college. This is where he began his lifelong interest of writing poetry. -
Sir Walter Raleigh leaves with his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert on a journey to North America to find the Northway passage. This however did not go well and was taken prisoner for a short while by the Spanish. -
Raleigh serves for queen Elizabeth as the captain of the Queens guard. This ranking is the highest and most honorable someone could get at the time.
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Raleigh married Bessy Throckmorton in 1592. Bessy was one of the queens maid of honor. Filled with jealousy, the Queen put the couple in prison for a bit of time. After the fact, Raleigh succeeded in winning back the Queen's relationship with her. However he stayed with his wife. -
Raleigh writes poetry while in prisoned. He along living with his wife and servants he wrote History of the World in 1614, two years prior to his release. -
Raleigh was charged for treason and get forced to death after he worked with enemies to mess with King James I, also known as Queen Elizabeth's successor. However the sentence was overturned and he lived life in prison for 13 years. He was finally released in 1616 to go find gold in South America. He eventually went against orders and when he returned was killed for treason.