Douglas, Lady Sheffield, was an English noblewoman, the lover of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and mother by him of explorer-cartographer Sir Robert Dudley, an illegitimate son.
Lady douglas sheffield
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, lover of Douglas Sheffield
Sir Robert Dudley, son of Douglas Sheffield
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham was an English diplomat and military officer. He served four monarchs, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, in various official capacities, most
Douglas Sheffield, Baroness Sheffield
…that she had secretly been his wife, although she had herself remarried while Leicester was still alive. Douglas Howard was the eldest daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, by his second wife, Margaret Gamage. Douglas Howard was probably named in honour of her godmother Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. One of her…
Portrait of Effingham