Biography of Mary Dudley 1530-1586

Paternal Family Tree: Sutton

Maternal Family Tree: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford

In 1525 [her father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) and [her mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 16) were married. They had grown up together since John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 21) had become her father's ward.

Around 1530 Mary Dudley was born to John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 26) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 21).

In 1543 [her father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 39) was created 1st Viscount Lisle.

In 1547 [her father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 43) was created 1st Earl Warwick.

In 1550 Hans Eworth (age 30). Portrait of Mary Dudley (age 20).

In 1551 Henry Sidney (age 22) and Mary Dudley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42).

Trial and Execution of Lady Jane Grey's Supporters

On 22 Aug 1553 [her father] John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 49) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Northumberland, Earl Warwick and Viscount Lisle forfeit. [her brother] John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 26), his son, was also attainted, with the Earldom of Warwick forfeit.

Thomas Palmer and John Gates (age 49) were hanged, drawn and quartered.

On 30 Nov 1554 [her son] Philip Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 25) and Mary Dudley (age 24) at Penshurst Place, Kent [Map].

In 1555 [her mother] Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 46) died.

On 27 Oct 1561 [her daughter] Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 32) and Mary Dudley (age 31).

On 19 Nov 1563 [her son] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 34) and Mary Dudley (age 33).

Around 1565 [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 36) and Mary Dudley (age 35). She was named after her uncle [her brother] Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 35).

On 25 Mar 1569 [her son] Thomas Sidney was born to [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 40) and Mary Dudley (age 39).

On 22 Feb 1574 [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney (age 9) died at Ludlow Castle [Map] where her father [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 45) was President of the Council of the Marches in Wales.

On 21 Apr 1577 [her son-in-law] Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 39) and [her daughter] Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke and Anne Parr Countess Pembroke.

1580. St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. Monument to [her daughter] Ambrosia Sidney. Her [her husband] father's (age 51) arms top middle as follows: Sidney, Clunford, Barrington, Mercy, Mandeville Arms differenced with an escarbuncle, Chetwyn, Belhouse (the lions should be shown between three black cross-croslets), and Brandon Arms (the lion's crown should be per pale gules and Argent).

Bottom Left her father's arms impaled with 1 Dudley Arms 2 Unknown 3 Grey Arms 4 Talbot Arms 5 Beauchamp Arms 6 Neuborg Arms 7 Unknown 8 Unknown.

Bottom Right. As impaled Bottom Left; possibly some form of Duke of Northumberland.

The Sidney motto "quo fata vacant" ie "where destiny falls".

On the right are the arms of her uncle and godfather Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick (age 50), from whom she derived her name.

On the left the arms of her mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley (age 50)

Ambrosia Sidney: Around 1565 she was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley. She was named after her uncle Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick. On 22 Feb 1574 Ambrosia Sidney died at Ludlow Castle where her father Henry Sidney was President of the Council of the Marches in Wales.

In 1583 [her son] Philip Sidney (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Frances Walsingham Countess Essex (age 16) were married.

On 23 Sep 1584 [her son] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] 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 05 May 1586 [her husband] Henry Sidney (age 57) died.

On 09 Aug 1586 Mary Dudley (age 56) died.

In Nov 1588 Mary Dudley was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 55).

[her daughter] Elizabeth Sidney was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley.

[her daughter] Mary Margaret Sidney was born to Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley.

James Harrington and Lucy Sidney were married.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Dudley 1530-1586

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Philip "Bold" III King France

Royal Descendants of Mary Dudley 1530-1586

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 1

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 3

Ancestors of Mary Dudley 1530-1586

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne

GrandFather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bramshott

Father: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cheddar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Cheddar Viscountess Lisle

Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Guildford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Guildford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Waller

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Waller

GrandFather: Edward Guildford

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Pympe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Pympe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury

Mother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas West 1st Baron West

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald West 6th Baron De La Warr 3rd Baron West 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ware Baroness West 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 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 Grandmother: Margaret Thorley Baroness De La Warr Baroness West

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 2nd Baron Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Botreaux 4th Baroness Botreaux Baroness Hungerford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont Baroness Botreaux 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mortimer

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cornwall 5th Baron Burford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barre

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Talbot 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England