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He went first to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where he was entertained by Sigismund III Vasa.
In June of that year he arrived in Germany, where he received the title of Earl ( count palatine ) and knight of the Roman Empire from the Emperor Rudolph II.
Pope Paul V also conferred upon him the title of Earl.
From Germany Sir Robert went to Florence and then Rome, where he entered on Sunday, 27 September 1609, attended by a suite of eighteen persons.
He next visited Milan, and then proceeded to Genoa, whence he embarked to Spain, arriving in Barcelona in December 1609.
He sent for his Persian wife and they remained in Spain, principally at Madrid, until the summer of 1611.
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