Borgsteede family tree » Robert Sidney , 1st Earl of Leicester (1563-1626)

Personal data Robert Sidney , 1st Earl of Leicester 

  • Alternative name: Robert Sydney , 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl of Leicester (also known as / alias)
  • He was born on November 19, 1563.Source 1
  • Title: Earl of Leicester
  • Title: Viscount L’Isle
  • He died on July 13, 1626, he was 62 years old.Source 1
  • The birth parents are Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley
  • This information was last updated on May 31, 2023.

Household of Robert Sidney , 1st Earl of Leicester

He is married to Barbara Gamage.

William Gamage wrote:
The marriage betweene Robert Sydney esquier, and Barbara Gammage daughter and sole heire to Jhon Gammage of the Castell of Coitie in the Countie of Glamorgan esquier was celebrated in the house of Sr Edward Stradlinge of St Donnets in the same countie on Wenesdaie the three and twentith of September 1584 in the presence of the right honorable Harry Erle of Pembrook, Sr Edward Stradlinge and my Ladie his wife and manie others.

Child not included in tree: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Philippa_Sydney_(1)

Child not included in tree: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Katherine_Sydney_(1)

Child not included in tree: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Sydney_(1)

Child not included in tree: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Sydney_(4)

Child not included in tree: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Lady_Barbara_Sidney_(1)

They got married on September 23, 1584 at St. Donat's, Glamorganshire, Wales, United Kingdom, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Sydney  1595-1677 


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Sidney

William Sidney
1482-1554
Anne Pakenham
< 1485-1544
John Dudley
1502-1553
Jane Guilford
± 1509-1555
Henry Sidney
1529-1586
Mary Dudley
1531-1586

Robert Sidney
1563-1626

1584

Barbara Gamage
1563-1621

Robert Sydney
1595-1677

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    Birthday November 19, 1563

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1563: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 19 » The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
      • December 4 » The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)

    Day of marriage September 23, 1584

    • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
      • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
      • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
      • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
      • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.

    Day of death July 13, 1626

    • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1626: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 27 » Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
      • May 4 » Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
      • May 24 » Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
      • November 18 » The new St Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
    

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