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Dorothy Spencer (née Sidney; later Smythe), Countess of Sunderland (5 October 1617 – 5 February 1684), was the wife of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, and the daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and Lady Dorothy Percy. Lady Dorothy Sidney (or Sydney) was celebrated not only for her beauty but for wit, charm and intelligence.
Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Lady Dorothy Percy; ca. 1598 – 20 August 1659), [1] was the eldest daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife, Lady Dorothy Devereux. [2]
Dorothy Sidney (1617-1684) (Henry Pierce Bone) On 20 July 1639 at Penshurst, he married Lady Dorothy Sidney, [2] daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester at Penshurst Place. It was generally believed to be a love marriage and had his father-in-law's warm approval: after Sunderland's death, her father consoled Dorothy by reminding her of ...
Lady Dorothy (1617–1683); married firstly Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland (died 1643), and secondly Sir Robert Smith or Smythe. Philip (1619–1697), the 3rd Earl; married Lady Catherine Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney (1641–1704); died unmarried and without issue.
Dorothy had an elder sister Penelope Devereux, who was said to have been the inspiration for Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella. She had three younger brothers, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux and Francis Devereux. In September 1576, Dorothy's father died in Dublin, Ireland, of dysentery
Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde, Dowager Countess of Essex (née Walsingham, formerly Devereux and Sidney; 1567 – 17 February 1633) was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham , Elizabeth I 's Secretary of State , she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 16.
Dorothy Sidney may refer to: Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Dorothy Percy) (ca. 1598 – 1659) Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1617 – 1684 ...
His first wife was Lady Arabella Cavendish (19 August 1673 – 4 June 1698), daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle. They had one daughter: Lady Frances Spencer (c. 1696 – 27 July 1742), married Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle. His second wife was Lady Anne Churchill (27 February 1683 – 15 April 1716). She died in April 1716 ...