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
Mary Sidney by Hans Eworth, c. 1550–1555
Portrait miniature attributed to Levina Teerlinc, c. 1575
Mary Sidney
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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with E
Mary Dudley
…Dudley; c. 1530–1535 – 9 August 1586) 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 Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and sister of Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Although she was…
Portrait of Mary Herbert (née Sidney), by Nicholas Hilliard, c. 1590.
The title page of Sidney's The Tragedy of Antony, her interpretation of the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
First page of As You Like It from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays; the first performance of the play may have been at Mary Sidney's house at Wilton