Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester
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Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Leicester (née Percy; born ca. 1598 – died 20 August 1659) was the eldest daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and the former Lady Dorothy Devereux. In 1615, she married Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. The couple had twelve children, including:
- Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (1617-1683), married Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland.
- Philip (1619-1697), the 3rd Earl, married Lady Catherine Cecil.
- Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney, died unmarried and without issue.
- Algernon, died unmarried and without issue.
- Robert, died young.
- Lucy (d. 1685), married Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet.
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- Women of the Tudor period
- English countesses
- 1590s births
- 1659 deaths
- 16th-century women
- 16th-century English people
- English women
- 17th-century women
- 17th-century English people
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