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| name=Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
| image= Robert_Cecil.jpg
| nationality= {{English|[[England]]}}
| religion={{Anglicans|Anglicanism}}
| birth= {{1560s Births OTL|1563}}
| death= {{1610s Deaths OTL|1612}}
| cause of death={{CancerOTL|Cancer}}
| occupation= Nobleman, Politician, {{Spy}}master
| spouse= Elizabeth Brooke{{WidowedPeopleOTL}}
| children= William, Frances
| political office = {{BritishMP}} Westminster and Hertfordshire,<br>{{Privy Councillors|Privy Councillor}},<br>{{ChancellorsoftheExchequer|Chancellor of the Exchequer}}
|family = [[Anthony Bacon|Anthony]] and [[Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban|Francis Bacon]] (first cousins)
| parents = [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]];<br>Mildred Cooke}}{{Clearright}}{{Ruled Britannia Historical Character
|type of appearance = Direct}}{{Stack end}}'''Sir Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC''' (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612), son of [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]], and half-brother of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, was a statesman, spymaster and minister to [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and [[James I of England and VI of Scotland|King James I]]. His efforts insured that King James VI of [[Scotland]] succeeded the childless Elizabeth as ruler of [[England]].

==Robert Cecil in ''[[Ruled Britannia]]''==
'''Robert Cecil''' was an [[England (Ruled Britannia)|English]] nobleman. His father was [[William Cecil (Ruled Britannia)|William Cecil]], Secretary of State to [[Elizabeth I (Ruled Britannia)|Queen Elizabeth]] before the conquest of England by the [[Spanish Armada (Ruled Britannia)|Spanish Armada]] in 1588.

Both as English nationalists and as [[Protestantism (Ruled Britannia)|Protestants]], both Cecils were strongly opposed to the rule of the [[Spain (Ruled Britannia)|Spanish]]-backed [[Hapsburg (Ruled Britannia)|Hapsburg]] monarchs [[Queen Isabella]] and [[King Albert]]. Robert Cecil assisted his father in planning an uprising against the Spanish authorities to coincide with the death of Isabella's father, Spain's [[Philip II (Ruled Britannia)|King Philip II]]. The elder Cecil predeceased Philip by a month, and the actual execution of the uprising fell to Robert.

Following the success of the uprising and the restoration of Elizabeth to the throne, Cecil was her primary advisor. Since the [[Privy Council (Ruled Britannia)|Privy Council]] had been decimated by the Spanish, Cecil was the only advisor to report directly to the Queen, making him perhaps the second-most powerful individual in England.

Robert had a pronounced hump on his upper back, and was irreverently referred to as "Hunchback Bob", unbeknownst to him.
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{{s-bef | before = Sir Francis Walsingham}}
{{s-ttl | title  = Secretary of State of [[England]]
        | years  = 1590–1612}}
{{s-aft | after  = Sir Ralph Winwood}}
{{s-vac | commission
        | last   = Sir Thomas Heneage}}
{{s-ttl | title  = Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
        | years  = 1597–1599}}
{{s-vac | commission
        | next   = Sir John Fortescue}}

{{s-bef | before = [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]]}}
{{s-ttl | title  = Lord Privy Seal
        | years  = 1598–1608}}
{{s-aft | after  = Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton}}

{{s-bef | before = Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset}}
{{s-ttl | title  = Lord High Treasurer
        | years  = 1608–1612}}
{{s-vac | commission
        | reason = First Lord: Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton}}
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