Paternal Family Tree: Sidney
Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 23rd September 1584 Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 20] and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 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 [aged 51].
On 1st December 1595 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester was born to Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 32] and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 32].
In 1605 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 41] was created 1st Viscount Lisle. [his mother] Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 42] by marriage Viscountess Lisle.
On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart [aged 2] died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the Earl of Worcester [aged 57], the [his father] Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and the Earl of Totnes [aged 52] went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen [aged 32] of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
In 1610 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 14] was appointed Knight of the Bath.
In 1615 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 19] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland [aged 50] and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland [aged 51]. He the son of Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 51] and Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 52]. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On or before 5th October 1617 [his daughter] Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 21] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 19]. She was baptised on 5th October 1617. She married 20th July 1639 her third cousin Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland, son of William Spencer 2nd Baron Spencer and Penelope Wriothesley Baroness Spencer Wormleighton, and had issue.
On 6th November 1617 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle [aged 17] were married. See Diary of Anne Clifford. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland [aged 53] and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland [aged 53].
In 1618 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 54] was created 1st Earl of Leicester. [his mother] Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 55] by marriage Countess of Leicester.
On 10th January 1619 [his son] Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 23] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 21]. He married 1645 his fifth cousin Catherine Cecil, daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury, and had issue.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 24th May 1621 [his mother] Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester [aged 58] died.
In 1622 James Hay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 42] was created 1st Earl Carlisle. [his sister-in-law] Lucy Percy Countess Carlisle [aged 22] by marriage Countess Carlisle.
On 14th January 1623 [his son] Algernon Sidney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 27] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 25].
On 25th April 1625 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 61] and [his step-mother] Sarah Blount Countess Leicester [aged 43] were married. She by marriage Countess of Leicester.
In 1626 [his son] Colonel Robert Sidney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 30] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 28].
On 13th July 1626 [his father] Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 62] died. His son Robert [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Viscount Lisle. [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 28] by marriage Countess of Leicester.
In 1627 [his daughter] Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 31] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 29]. She married 20th January 1647 her fourth cousin once removed John Pelham 3rd Baronet, son of Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
In 1629 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland [aged 26] and Anne Cecil were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 37] and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 39]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland [aged 64] and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 5th November 1632 [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland [aged 68] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Algernon [aged 30] succeeded 10th Earl of Northumberland, 13th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 21st Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 4th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 12th Baron Poynings.
On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, [his son-in-law] Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland [aged 18] and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland [aged 21] were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller [aged 33] wrote a letter to the bride's sister [aged 12] on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 41]. They were third cousins.
Madam,
In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from
Your ladyship's
most humble servant,
E. Waller.
On 8th April 1641 [his son] Henry Sidney 1st Earl Romney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 45] and [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 43] at Paris [Map].
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 1st October 1642 [his brother-in-law] Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland [aged 40] and Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk and Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland and [his mother-in-law] Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1645 Philip Sidney 3rd Earl of Leicester [aged 25] and Catherine Cecil were married. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 53] and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 55]. He the son of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 49] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 47]. They were fifth cousins.
On 20th January 1647 [his son-in-law] John Pelham 3rd Baronet [aged 24] and Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 51] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 49]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Between 1650 and 1677. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 54].
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th January 1656. Came to visit me my Lord Lisle [aged 36], son to the Earl of Leicester [aged 60], with Sir Charles Ouseley, two of the Usurper's council; Mr. John Hervey, and John Denham [aged 41], the poet.
On 22nd August 1656 [his son-in-law] Philip Smythe 2nd Viscount Strangford [aged 22] and Isabella Sydney were married. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 60] and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 58].
On 20th August 1659 [his wife] Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester [aged 61] died.
In June 1663 [his daughter] Isabella Sydney died.
In August 1668 [his son] Colonel Robert Sidney [aged 42] died. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst.
On 2nd November 1677 Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester [aged 81] died. His son Philip [aged 58] succeeded 3rd Earl of Leicester, 3rd Viscount Lisle.
John Evelyn's Diary. 28th June 1683. After the Popish Plot, there was now a new and (as they called it) a Protestant Plot discovered, that certain Lords and others should design the assassination of the King [aged 53] and the Duke [aged 49] as they were to come from Newmarket, with a general rising of the nation, and especially of the city of London, disaffected to the present Government. Upon which were committed to the Tower [Map], the Lord Russell [aged 43], eldest son of the Earl of Bedford [aged 66], the Earl of Essex, Mr. Algernon Sidney [aged 60], son to the old Earl of Leicester, Mr. Trenchard, Hampden, Lord Howard of Escrick, and others. A proclamation was issued against my Lord Grey, the Duke of Monmouth [aged 34], Sir Thomas Armstrong, and one Ferguson, who had escaped beyond sea; of these some were said to be for killing the King, others for only seizing on him, and persuading him to new counsels, on the pretense of the danger of Popery, should the Duke live to succeed, who was now again admitted to the councils and cabinet secrets. The Lords Essex and Russell were much deplored, for believing they had any evil intention against the King, or the Church; some thought they were cunningly drawn in by their enemies for not approving some late counsels and management relating to France, to Popery, to the persecution of the Dissenters, etc. They were discovered by the Lord Howard of Escrick and some false brethren of the club, and the design happily broken; had it taken effect, it would, to all appearance, have exposed the Government to unknown and dangerous events; which God avert!
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th July 1685. Ross, tutor to the Duke of Monmouth, proposed to Bishop Cozens to sign a certificate of the King's marriage to Mrs. Barlow, though her own name was Walters: this the Bishop refused. She was born of a gentleman's family in Wales, but having little means and less grace, came to London to make her fortune. [his son] Algernon Sidney, then a Colonel in Cromwell's army, had agreed to give her 50 broad pieces (as he told the Duke of York) but being ordered hastily away with his regiment, he missed his bargain. She went into Holland, where she fell into the hands of his brother Colonel Robert Sidney, who kept her for some time, till the King hearing of her, got her from him. On which the Colonel was heard to say, Let who will have her she is already sped and after being with the King she was so soon with child that the world had no cause to doubt whose child it was, and the rather that when he grew to be a man, he very much resembled the Colonel both in stature and countenance, even to a wort on his face. However the King owned the child. In the King's absence she behaved so loosely, that on his return from his escape at Worcester, he would have no further commerce with her, and she became a common prostitute at Paris. Life of King James II Vol I.
[his daughter] Isabella Sydney was born to Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester. She married 22nd August 1656 Philip Smythe 2nd Viscount Strangford and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 3 Grandfather: William IV Sidney 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sidney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Brandon
Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Pakenham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
father: Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley 
8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dudley 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bramshott
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 
6 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Grey 1st Viscount Lisle 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Viscountess Lisle 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Cheddar Viscountess Lisle
Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Guildford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Guildford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Waller
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Guildford
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pympe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Pympe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard West 7th Baron De La Warr 4th Baron West 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Hungerford Baroness De La Warr Baroness West 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor West 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Mortimer 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness De La Warr and West 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Cornwall 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Gamage
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Gamage of Coity Castle 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret St John 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
Grandfather: John Gamage of Coity Castle 11 x Great Grandson of King John of England
mother: Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester 12 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England