Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, was an English courtier, soldier, and landowner. He was chamberlain to Anne of Denmark.
Barbara Sidney with six of her children, painted c. 1596 by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1561–1636), collection of Viscount de Lisle, Penshurst Place
Sidney's second wife, Sarah Blount, inscribed: 1599 Aetatis Suae 19 ("1599: in the 19th year of her age")
Engraved portrait of Sidney by Simon de Passe, 1617
Philip Sidney
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Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, Astrophel and Stella, a treatise, The Defence of Poesy and a pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.
Frances Walsingham, attributed to Robert Peake, 1594
Memorial for Sir Philip Sidney at the spot where he was fatally injured
The funeral of Sir Philip Sidney, 1586