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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.
Robert Spencer was born in Paris in 1641. His father was Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, who was killed at the First Battle of Newbury, and his mother was the Lady Dorothy Sidney, daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
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 ...
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 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
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.
The Countess of Leicester was anxious for him to marry Lady Dorothy Sidney, her daughter and Edmund Waller's "Sacharissa"; but the match came to nothing. Elizabeth, second daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, became Cavendish's wife, [1] on 4 March 1639. Their children were: [1] William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640–1707)
Dorothy Sidney may refer to: Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Dorothy Percy) (ca. 1598 – 1659) Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1617 – 1684 ...