I. Es‧sex /ˈesəks, ˈesɪks/
a county in southeast England, between East London and the North Sea

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II. Essex, the Earl of
(1566–1601) an English soldier and politician. For many years he was a close friend and adviser of Queen Elizabeth I, but after their friendship ended she ordered him to be put in prison and, later, to be killed.

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