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Alice Spencer Countess of Derby 1563–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 23 January 1637

Death Location: Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England

Father: John II

Mother: Katherine Spencer

Spouse(s): Ferdinando Derby, Thomas Brackley, Ferdinando Derby

Children(s): Lady Huntingdon, Anne Brydges, Edward Stanley, Frances Bridgwater, Agnes Stanley, Frances Egerton, Frances Stanley, Anne Stanley

In 1563, Alice Spencer Countess of Derby entered the world in Northamptonshire, England, born to John Spenser Ii And Katherine Spencer. Alice Spencer Countess of Derby married Ferdinando 5Th Earl Of Derby Stanley Earl Of Derby, Ferdinando Stanley 5Th Earl Of Derby, Thomas Egerton Viscount Brackley Baron Ellesmere Viscount Brackley, and had children including Agnes Stanley, Anne Stanley, Anne Stanley Brydges, Edward Stanley, Frances Egerton, Frances Stanley, Frances Stanley Countess Of Bridgwater, Lady Elizabeth Stanley Countess Of Huntingdon Countess Of Huntingdon. Alice Spencer Countess of Derby passed away in 1637 in Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1563, Alice Spencer Countess of Derby entered the world in Northamptonshire, England, born to John Spenser Ii And Katherine Spencer.
  • Alice Spencer Countess of Derby married Ferdinando 5Th Earl Of Derby Stanley Earl Of Derby, Ferdinando Stanley 5Th Earl Of Derby, Thomas Egerton Viscount Brackley Baron Ellesmere Viscount Brackley, and had children including Agnes Stanley, Anne Stanley, Anne Stanley Brydges, Edward Stanley, Frances Egerton, Frances Stanley, Frances Stanley Countess Of Bridgwater, Lady Elizabeth Stanley Countess Of Huntingdon Countess Of Huntingdon.
  • Alice Spencer Countess of Derby passed away in 1637 in Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England.

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Alice Derby's Ancestors

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Alice Derby
1563–1637
Birth Place: Northamptonshire, England
Parents
John Spenser II
1517–1586
Fawsley, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Katherine Spencer
1524–1586
St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Baron William Spencer, High Sheriff of) Northamptonshire
1500–1558
Great Brington, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England
Margaret (Countess of Bath) Donington
1485–1561
Stoke Newington, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Alice Derby's Descendants

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Alice (Spencer Countess of) Derby (1563–23 January 1637) m. Ferdinando (5th Earl of Derby Stanley Earl of) Derby (1558–16 April 1594) m. Thomas (Egerton Viscount Brackley Baron Ellesmere, Viscount) Brackley (23 January 1540–15 March 1617) m. Ferdinando (Stanley, 5th Earl of) Derby (1560–1594)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Stanley Countess of Huntingdon Countess of) Huntingdon 1588–1632 m. Henry Hastings 1586–1643
    1. 1. Henry Hastings 1609–1650
    2. 2. Ferdinando Hastings 1608–1656 m. Lucy Hastings –1679
      1. 1. John Hastings 1632–1639
      2. 2. Henry Hastings 1630–1649
      3. 3. Ferdinando Hastings 1638–1647
      4. 4. Mary Joliffe –1678
      5. 5. Theophilus Hastings 1650–1701
      6. 6. Elizabeth Langham 1635–1664
      7. 7. Alice Hastings –1636
  2. 2. Anne (Stanley) Brydges 1580–1647
  3. 3. Edward Stanley 1588–1633
  4. 4. Frances (Stanley Countess of) Bridgwater 1583–1635
  5. 5. Agnes Stanley 1580–1647
  6. 6. Frances Egerton 1583–1635
  7. 7. Frances Stanley 1583–1636
  8. 8. Anne Stanley 1580–1647

Alice Derby's Timeline

2 Records

1563
1563
Birth of Alice Spencer Countess of Derby in Northamptonshire, England
Northamptonshire, England
1637
23 January 1637
Age 74
Death of Alice Spencer Countess of Derby in Harefield, Middlesex, England
Harefield, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 737.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [5] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; London, England; People and Portraits
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1637
    Event Place: Harefield, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k
    [5] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; London, England; People and Portraits
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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