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Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux 1564–1619 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1564

Birth Location: Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 August 1619

Death Location: Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Walter Devereux

Mother: Lettice Knolley

Spouse(s): Sir Northumberland

Children(s): Lucy Percy, Algernon Northumberland, Penelope Percy, Henry Lord, George Lord, Eleanor Lady, Jane Perrot, Henry Lord, Lady (Sydney)

Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux was born in 1564 in Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Walter Devereux And Lettice Knolley. Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux married Sir Henry Percy 9Th Earl Of Northumberland, and had children including Algernon Percy Earl Van Northumberland, Eleanor Percy Lady, George Percy Lord, Henry Percy Lord, Henry Percy Sir Lord, Jane Perrot, Lady Dorothy Countess Of Leicester Percy Sydney, Lucy Percy, Penelope Percy. Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux passed away in 1619 in Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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  • Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux was born in 1564 in Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Walter Devereux And Lettice Knolley.
  • Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux married Sir Henry Percy 9Th Earl Of Northumberland, and had children including Algernon Percy Earl Van Northumberland, Eleanor Percy Lady, George Percy Lord, Henry Percy Lord, Henry Percy Sir Lord, Jane Perrot, Lady Dorothy Countess Of Leicester Percy Sydney, Lucy Percy, Penelope Percy.
  • Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux passed away in 1619 in Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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Dorothy Devereux's Ancestors

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Dorothy Devereux
1564–1619
Birth Place: Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Devereux
1539–1576
Devereaux Castle, Carnarthenshire, Wales
Lettice Knolley
1540–1634
Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Francis Knollys
1511–1596
Grays, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Catherine Kate CAREY, Lady of The Queen's Privy) Chamber
1524–1568
Chilton Folist, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Carey
1491–1572
Maria Mary\boleyn
1504–1534
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Carey
1460–1536
Margaret Spencer
1472–1536
Thomas Rochford
1477–1539
Elizabeth Wiltshire
1486–1537

Dorothy Devereux's Descendants

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Dorothy (Percy Countess of) Devereux (1564–3 August 1619) m. Sir (Henry Percy, 9th Earl of) Northumberland (27 April 1564–5 November 1632)
  1. 1. Lucy Percy 1595–1660
  2. 2. Algernon (Percy Earl van) Northumberland 1602–1668
  3. 3. Penelope Percy 1590–1655
  4. 4. Henry (Percy Sir \) Lord 1596–1659
  5. 5. George (Percy) Lord 1595–1632
  6. 6. Eleanor (Percy) Lady 1595–
  7. 7. Jane Perrot 1584–
  8. 8. Henry (Percy) Lord 1604–1704
  9. 9. Lady (Dorothy Countess of Leicester Percy) (Sydney) 1598–1659 m. Robert Sydney 1598–1677
    1. 1. Dorothy (Sacharissa) Sidney 1617–1684 m. Henry Spencer 1620–1643 m. Robert (Smythe,) Sr. 1627–1678
      1. 1. Robert Spencer 1641–1702 m. Anne Digby 1646–1715
        1. 1. Charles ((Earl of Sunderland)) Spencer 1674–1722 m. Arabelle Cavendish 1673–1698 m. Anne Churchill 1682–1716
        2. 2. Anna Spencer 1666–1690 m. James Hamilton, 1658–1712
      2. 2. Dorothy Spencer 1640–1670 m. George Saville 1633–1695
        1. 1. Elizabeth Savile 1667–
      3. 3. Robert Smith 1645–1680 m. Isabella Edwards 1655–1680
        1. 1. Robert (Buchanan) Smith 1668–1726
    2. 2. Philip (Sydney, 3rd Earl of) Leicester 1619–1698
    3. 3. Isabella (Sidney Lady of) Leicester 1634–1663
    4. 4. Elizabeth Sidney 1632–1650
    5. 5. Mary Sydney 1629–1648
    6. 6. Algernon (Sidney Lt.) Col. 1623–1683
    7. 7. Robert (Sydney) Colonel 1626–1668 m. Elizabeth Everton 1626–
    8. 8. Lucy (Sidney) Lady 1627–1685 m. John (Pelham) Lord 1623–1703
      1. 1. Thomas (Pelham III \) Lord 1653–1712
      2. 2. Henry Pelham –1721
      3. 3. Lucy Pelham 1663–1721 m. Gervase (Hanslope) Pierrepont 1649–1715
      4. 4. Elizabeth Pelham 1660–1723
    9. 9. Diana Sydney 1628–1670
    10. 10. Henry (Sydney 1st and Last Earl of) Romney 1641–1704
    11. 11. Anne Sidney 1625– m. Joseph Cart 1625–
    12. 12. Frances Sidney 1633–1651

Dorothy Devereux's Timeline

3 Records

1564
1564
Birth of Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux in Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1619
3 August 1619
Age 55
Death of Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux in Petworth, Sussex, UK., West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Petworth, Sussex, UK., West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1619
3 August 1619
Age 55
Death of Dorothy Percy Countess of Devereux in Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: Chatterley Castle, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 August 1619
    Event Place: Petworth, Sussex, UK., West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 August 1619
    Event Place: Petworth House, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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