Biography of Mary Dudley 1530-1586

In 1525 [her father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) and [her mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 16) were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland had become her father's ward.

Around 1530 Mary Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 21).

Around 1550. Levina Bening aka Teerlinc (age 35). Miniature portrait of Mary Dudley (age 20).

In 1550 Hans Eworth (age 30). Portrait of Mary Dudley (age 20).

In 1551 Henry Sidney (age 22) and Mary Dudley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42).

On 30 Nov 1554 [her son] Philip Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 25) and Mary Dudley (age 24) at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map].

In 1555 Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex (age 30) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Sidney Countess Sussex (age 24) were married. He the son of Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 48) and Elizabeth Howard.

In 1555 [her mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 46) died.

On 17 Feb 1557 Henry Radclyffe 2nd Earl of Sussex (age 50) died. He was buried at St Lawrence Pountney Church. His son Thomas (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount Fitzwalter, 12th Baron Fitzwalter. [her sister-in-law] Frances Sidney Countess Sussex (age 26) by marriage Countess of Sussex.

On 27 Oct 1561 [her daughter] Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 32) and Mary Dudley (age 31).

On 19 Nov 1563 [her son] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 34) and Mary Dudley (age 33).

Around 1565 [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 36) and Mary Dudley (age 35). She was named after her uncle [her brother] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 35).

On 25 Mar 1569 [her son] Thomas Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 40) and Mary Dudley (age 39).

On 22 Feb 1574 [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney (age 9) died at Ludlow Castle [Map] where her father [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 45) was President of the Council of the Marches in Wales.

On 21 Apr 1577 [her son-in-law] Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 39) and [her daughter] Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke.

1580. St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. Monument to [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney. Her [her husband] father's (age 51) arms top middle as follows: Sidney, Clunford, Barrington, Mercy, Mandeville Arms differenced with an escarbuncle, Chetwyn, Belhouse (the lions should be shown between three black cross-croslets), and Brandon Arms (the lion's crown should be per pale gules and Argent).

Bottom Left her father's arms impaled with 1 Dudley Arms 2 Unknown 3 Grey Arms 4 Talbot Arms 5 Beauchamp Arms 6 Neuborg Arms 7 Unknown 8 Unknown.

Bottom Right. As impaled Bottom Left; possibly some form of Duke of Northumberland.

The Sidney motto "quo fata vacant" ie "where destiny falls".

On the right are the arms of her uncle and godfather [her brother] Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (age 50), from whom she derived her name.

On the left the arms of her mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley (age 50)

Ambrosia Sidney: Around 1565 she was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley. She was named after her uncle Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick. On 22 Feb 1574 Ambrosia Sidney died at Ludlow Castle was President of the Council of the Marches in Wales.

In 1583 [her son] Philip Sidney (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 16) were married.

On 23 Sep 1584 [her son] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (age 21) were married. She her father's heir to his considerable fortune. He, the father, had died some twenty-five days before. The marriage took place apparently against the wishes of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 51).

On 05 May 1586 [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 57) died.

On 09 Aug 1586 Mary Dudley (age 56) died.

In Nov 1588 Mary Dudley was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 55).

[her daughter] Elizabeth Sidney was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley.

[her daughter] Mary Margaret Sidney was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley.