Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland was an English courtier. She was the wife of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Ha
John Dudley, Jane Dudley's husband, 1540s
Mary Dudley
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Lady Mary Sidney was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Elizabeth I, wife of Sir Henry Sidney and the mother of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke. She was daughter of John
Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland
…exactly. An exception is Robert, the future favourite of Elizabeth I; he was born in 1532 as the fifth son, and possibly after the eldest daughter Mary, who became the mother of the courtier-poet Philip Sidney. The family life of John and Jane Dudley seems to have been happy and was free from any…
Mary Sidney by Hans Eworth, c. 1550–1555
Portrait miniature attributed to Levina Teerlinc, c. 1575