Jeffrey Hudson (1619 – circa 1682) was an English court dwarf at the court of Queen Henrietta Maria. He was famous as the "Queen's dwarf" and "Lord Minimus", and was considered one of the "wonders of the age" because of his extreme but well-proportioned smallness. He fought with the Royalists in the English Civil War and fled with the Queen to France but was expelled from her court when he killed a man in a duel. He was captured by Barbary pirates and spent 25 years as a slave in North Africa before being ransomed back to England.
Read more about Jeffrey Hudson: Early Life and Rise To Prominence, Jeffrey At The Queen's Court, The Coming of The Civil War and The Dissolution of The Court, Duel and Disaster, Slavery and Redemption, Poverty and Death
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