Person:Dorothy Percy (2)

Dorothy Percy
b.Abt 1598
d.20 Aug 1659
Facts and Events
Name Dorothy Percy
Married Name Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1598
Christening[2] 20 Aug 1598 Petworth, Sussex, England
Marriage to Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Alt Death[2] 19 Aug 1659
Death[1] 20 Aug 1659
Reference Number? Q377337?


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Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Lady Dorothy 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:

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brydges, Egerton. Collins's peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical, greatly augmented, and continued to the present time. (London: [T. Bensley], 1812)
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