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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
English noble
Gender:
Female
Is:
Work field:
Birth:
1598(Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom)
Death:
20 August 1659
Family:
Mother:
Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Father:
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
Spouse(s):
Robert Sidney
2nd Earl of Leicester
Children:
Philip Sidney
3rd Earl of Leicester
Dorothy Spencer
Countess of Sunderland
Henry Sydney
1st Earl of Romney
Algernon Sidney
The details
Biography
Lady Dorothy Sidney (née Percy), Countess of Leicester (née Percy; ca. 1598 – 20 August 1659), was the eldest daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, and his wife, Lady Dorothy Devereux. Her sister was the alleged intrigant Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, and their eldest surviving brother was Algernon Percy, 10th Earl 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.
- 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.