Biography of Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768

Around 1689 Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset was born to Walter Colyear.

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In Jan 1709 Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 20) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Dorset. He the son of Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex and Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex 1669-1691.

Around 1711 [her daughter] Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth was born to [her husband] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 22) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 22).

On 06 Feb 1711 [her son] Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset 1711-1769 was born to [her husband] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 23) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 22).

On 22 Jun 1713 [her son] John Sackville was born to [her husband] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 25) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 24).

On 26 Jan 1716 [her son] George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville was born to [her husband] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 28) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 27). His godfather King George I (age 55) attended his baptism.

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In 1720 [her husband] Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 31) was created 1st Duke Dorset. Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 31) by marriage Duchess Dorset.

On 06 Dec 1726 [her son-in-law] Thomas Thynne 2nd Viscount Weymouth (age 16) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth (age 15) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess Weymouth. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 38) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768 (age 37).

On 19 Jun 1729 [her daughter] Elizabeth Sackville Viscountess Weymouth (age 18) died.

In 1738 [her illegitimate sister-in-law] Ann Sackville (age 71) died.

On 27 Jul 1742 [her son-in-law] Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester (age 24) and [her daughter] Caroline Sackville Lady Milton were married. She the daughter of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 54) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768 (age 53).

In 1744 [her son] John Sackville (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Frances Leveson-Gower (age 23) were married. She had given birth to their child before the marriage. She the daughter of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower. He the son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 55) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768 (age 55). They were half third cousins.

On 03 Sep 1754 [her son] George Sackville aka Germain 1st Viscount Sackville (age 38) and [her daughter-in-law] Diana Sambrooke were married. He the son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset (age 66) and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768 (age 65).

On 03 Dec 1765 [her son] John Sackville (age 52) died at Geneva.

On 12 Jun 1768 Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset (age 79) died.

[her daughter] Caroline Sackville Lady Milton was born to Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset and Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset.

Family Trees of Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768

Paternal Family Tree: Colyear

Ancestors of Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768

GrandFather: Alexander Colyear

Father: Walter Colyear

Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset 1689-1768