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] Her sister was the alleged intrigant Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, and their eldest surviving brother was Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.
Dorothy Sidney | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Leicester Lady Dorothy Percy | |
 Dorothy Sidney, by Isaac Oliver | |
| Born | ca. 1598 |
| Died | 20 August 1659 (aged 60–61) |
| Noble family | Percy |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Father | Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland |
| Mother | Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland |
Lady Dorothy Percy married Robert Sidney, later Earl of Leicester, in 1615. The couple had twelve children, including:
- Dorothy (1617–1683), married Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland.[3]
- Philip (1619–1697), the 3rd Earl, married Lady Catherine Cecil.
- Henry, created Earl of Romney, died unmarried and without issue.
- Algernon, died unmarried and without issue.
- Robert, died young.
- Lucy (died 1685), married Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet.
References
edit- ^ Michael G. Brennan; Noel J. Kinnamon (15 May 2017). The Correspondence (c. 1626–1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester. Taylor & Francis. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-351-89233-9.
- ^ Carole Levin; Anna Riehl Bertolet; Jo Eldridge Carney (3 November 2016). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650. Taylor & Francis. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-315-44071-2.
- ^ Edmund Lodge (1835). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain ... with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions. Harding and Lepard. p. 19.