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MARY SIDNEY

LADY MARY SIDNEY
MARY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE
"THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE"

 

BIRTH:  27 Oct 1561, Tickenhall Palace, Bewdley
MARRIAGE: 21 Apr 1577, Esher Palace, Surrey
DEATH:  25 Sep 1621, London
BURIAL: Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire 

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
henrysidney

SIR HENRY SIDNEY

son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent
 

1529-1589

marydudley

MARY DUDLEY

daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
 

c.1480-1538

SIBLINGS:
philipsidney

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

poet and soldier
 

1554-1586

robertsidney

ROBERT SIDNEY

1st Earl of Leicester
 

1563-1626

female

MARY MARGARET SIDNEY

.
 

died in childhood

female

AMBROSIA SIDNEY

died at Ludlow Castle
 

d.1574

female

ELIZABETH SIDNEY

.
 

died in childhood

male

SIR THOMAS SIDNEY

.
 

1569-1595

SPOUSE:
henryherbert

HENRY HERBERT

2nd Earl of Pembroke

c.1538-1601

CHILDREN:
williamherbert

WILLIAM HERBERT

3rd Earl of Pembroke 

1580-1630

philipherbert

PHILIP HERBERT

4th Earl of Pembroke 
(2nd marriage to Lady
Anne Clifford)

1584-1650

female

KATHERINE HERBERT

died in infancy

1581-1584

female

ANNE HERBERT

.

1583-aft.1603

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