Stephenson Family Tree » Dorothy Sidney Countess of Leicester (1617-1684)

Personal data Dorothy Sidney Countess of Leicester 


Household of Dorothy Sidney Countess of Leicester

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (John Haynes) is 31 years younger.

(1) She is married to Sir Henry Spencer.

They got married on July 20, 1639 at Penhurst, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, she was 21 years old.


(2) She is married to Robert Smythe.

They got married on July 8, 1652 at Isleworth, Middlesex, England, she was 34 years old.


(3) She had a relationship with John Haynes.

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Timeline Dorothy Sidney Countess of Leicester

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dorothy Sidney

Robert Sidney
1563-1626
Barbara Gamage
1565-1621
Henry Percy
1564-1632
Dorothy Devereaux
1564-1619
Robert Sidney
1595-1677

Dorothy Sidney
1617-1684

(1) 1639

Sir Henry Spencer
1620-1643

(2) 1652

Robert Smythe
± 1618-< 1656

(3) 

John Haynes
1649-1710


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Historical events

Birthday October 5, 1617

Day of marriage July 8, 1652

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1652: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
    • May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
    • June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
    • September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
    • December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

Day of death February 25, 1684

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1684: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 18 » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a scire facias writ issued by an English court.
    • December 10 » Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.


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