Biography of Jane Dormer Duchess Feria 1538-1612

Paternal Family Tree: Dormer

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544

In or before 1525 [her father] William Dormer (age 12) and [her mother] Mary Sidney were married.

On 6th January 1538 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria was born to William Dormer (age 25) and Mary Sidney in Eythrope, Waddesdon.

On 10th February 1542 [her mother] Mary Sidney died.

Around 1550 [her father] William Dormer (age 37) and [her step-mother] Dorothy Catesby (age 23) were married.

Around 1554 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 15) was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 37).

Around 1558 Antonis Mor (age 41). Portrait of (probably) Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 19).

On 29th December 1558 Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria (age 38) and Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Feria. He had been one of the gentleman who had accompanied Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain (age 31) to England for his marriage to Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (deceased).

In 1559 [her son] Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was born to [her husband] Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria (age 39) and Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 20).

Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series Elizabeth I 1559. 1559. 24. Account of the deficiency in the jewels lately in charge of the Lady Jane (age 20) Countess de Feria, on their delivery into the custody of Lady Knollys (age 35), Mrs. Norris (age 38), and Mrs. Blanch Parry.

Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series Elizabeth I 1559. 1559. 25. Account of the overplus of jewels, delivered to the Queen by the Lady Jane (age 20) Countess de Feria, she being not charged with the1 same by her book of account.

Around 1563 Alonso Sánchez Coello (age 32). Portrait of Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 24).

In 1571 [her husband] Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria (age 51) died. His son [her son] Lorenzo (age 12) succeeded 2nd Duke Feria, 7th Count Feria.

On 17th May 1575 [her father] William Dormer (age 62) died.

In 1607 [her son] Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba (age 48) died.

On 13th January 1612 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria (age 74) died.