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Paternal Family Tree: Sidney
Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 23rd September 1584 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 20) and [his mother] 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 1st December 1595 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester was born to Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 32) and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (age 32).
In 1610 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 14) was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1615 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 19) and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 50) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 51). He the son of Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 51) and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (age 52). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On or before 5th October 1617 [his daughter] Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 21) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 19). She was baptised on 5th October 1617.
On 6th November 1617 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 37) and [his sister-in-law] Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 17) were married. See Diary of Anne Clifford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 53) and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 53).
On 10th January 1619 [his son] Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 23) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 21).
On 24th May 1621 [his mother] Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester (age 58) died.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1622 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 42) was created 1st Earl Carlisle. [his sister-in-law] Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle (age 22) by marriage Countess Carlisle.
On 14th January 1623 [his son] Algernon Sidney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 27) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 25).
On 25th April 1625 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 61) and [his step-mother] Sarah Blount Countess Leicester (age 43) were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester.
In 1626 [his son] Colonel Robert Sidney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 28).
On 13th July 1626 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 62) died. His son Robert (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Viscount Lisle. [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 28) by marriage Countess of Leicester.
In 1627 [his daughter] Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 31) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 29).
In 1629 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 26) and Anne Cecil were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 37) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 39). He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 64) and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 5th November 1632 [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (age 68) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Algernon (age 30) succeeded 10th Earl of Northumberland, 13th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 21st Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 12th Baron Poynings.
In 1635 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 32) was appointed 436th Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 34).
On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, [his son-in-law] Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 18) and [his daughter] Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 21) were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller (age 33) wrote a letter to the [his daughter] bride's sister (age 12) on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 43) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 41). They were fifth cousins.
Madam,
In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from
Your ladyship's
most humble servant,
E. Waller.
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On 8th April 1641 [his son] Henry Sidney 1st Earl Romney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 45) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 43) at Paris [Map].
On 1st October 1642 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland (age 40) and Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1645 [his son] Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Cecil were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 55). He the son of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 49) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 47). They were fifth cousins.
On 20th January 1647 [his son-in-law] John Pelham 3rd Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 51) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 49). They were fourth cousin once removed.
Between 1650 and 1677. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 54).
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th January 1656. Came to visit me my [his son] Lord Lisle (age 36), son to the Earl of Leicester (age 60), with Sir Charles Ouseley, two of the Usurper's council; Mr. John Hervey, and John Denham (age 41), the poet.
On 22nd August 1656 [his son-in-law] Philip Smythe 2nd Viscount Strangford (age 22) and [his daughter] Isabella Sydney were married. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 60) and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 58).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 20th August 1659 [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 61) died.
In June 1663 [his daughter] Isabella Sydney died.
In August 1668 [his son] Colonel Robert Sidney (age 42) died. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst.
On 2nd November 1677 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 81) died. His son [his son] Philip (age 58) succeeded 3rd Earl of Leicester, 3rd Viscount Lisle.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th June 1683. After the Popish Plot, there was now a new and (as they called it) a Protestant Plot discovered, that certain Lords and others should design the assassination of the King (age 53) and the Duke (age 49) as they were to come from Newmarket, with a general rising of the nation, and especially of the city of London, disaffected to the present Government. Upon which were committed to the Tower [Map], the Lord Russell (age 43), eldest son of the Earl of Bedford (age 66), the Earl of Essex, [his son] Mr. Algernon Sidney (age 60), son to the old Earl of Leicester, Mr. Trenchard, Hampden, Lord Howard of Escrick, and others. A proclamation was issued against my Lord Grey, the Duke of Monmouth (age 34), Sir Thomas Armstrong, and one Ferguson, who had escaped beyond sea; of these some were said to be for killing the King, others for only seizing on him, and persuading him to new counsels, on the pretense of the danger of Popery, should the Duke live to succeed, who was now again admitted to the councils and cabinet secrets. The Lords Essex and Russell were much deplored, for believing they had any evil intention against the King, or the Church; some thought they were cunningly drawn in by their enemies for not approving some late counsels and management relating to France, to Popery, to the persecution of the Dissenters, etc. They were discovered by the Lord Howard of Escrick and some false brethren of the club, and the design happily broken; had it taken effect, it would, to all appearance, have exposed the Government to unknown and dangerous events; which God avert!
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1685. Ross, tutor to the Duke of Monmouth, proposed to Bishop Cozens to sign a certificate of the King's marriage to Mrs. Barlow, though her own name was Walters: this the Bishop refused. She was born of a gentleman's family in Wales, but having little means and less grace, came to London to make her fortune. [his son] Algernon Sidney, then a Colonel in Cromwell's army, had agreed to give her 50 broad pieces (as he told the Duke of York) but being ordered hastily away with his regiment, he missed his bargain. She went into Holland, where she fell into the hands of his brother Colonel Robert Sidney, who kept her for some time, till the King hearing of her, got her from him. On which the Colonel was heard to say, Let who will have her she is already sped and after being with the King she was so soon with child that the world had no cause to doubt whose child it was, and the rather that when he grew to be a man, he very much resembled the Colonel both in stature and countenance, even to a wort on his face. However the King owned the child. In the King's absence she behaved so loosely, that on his return from his escape at Worcester, he would have no further commerce with her, and she became a common prostitute at Paris. Life of King James II Vol I.
[his daughter] Isabella Sydney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Sidney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
GrandFather: Henry Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Father: Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bramshott
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Cheddar Viscountess Lisle
GrandMother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Guildford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Waller
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Guildford
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pympe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Gamage
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Gamage of Coity Castle 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret St John 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
GrandFather: John Gamage of Coity Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Mother: Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England