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Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester (1563 – 24 May 1621) was a Welsh heiress, and the first wife of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester. Her family connections tied her to prominent contemporary figures such as Sir Walter Raleigh.
Barbara Gamage Sidney, Countess of Leicester, is probably best known today for Ben Jonsons description of her as "noble, fruitful, [and] chaste" and his praise of her "high housewifery" in his poem "To Penshurst," a celebration of the Sidney family and their country estate.1 Because Barbara Sidney does indeed seem to have fulfilled the role of
26 de may. de 2023 · On this day in history, 26th May 1621, Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester, first wife of poet Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester, was buried at Penshurst. Barbara was born in around 1559 and was the daughter of John Gamage of Coety Manor, Glamorgan,and his wife Gwenllian.
26 de may. de 2021 · On this day in history, 26th May 1621, Barbara Sidney (née Gamage), Countess of Leicester, was buried at Penshurst. Find out about this Tudor lady, whose marriage was the concern of several prominent Tudor men and who ended up marrying an Elizabethan poet.
22 de feb. de 2018 · Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester (1563–1621) was a Welsh heiress, and the first wife of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester. [1] Barbara inherited the Coity estate on the death of her father, John Gamage, in 1584, and became the ward of Sir Edward Stradling until her marriage.
28 de mar. de 2017 · Domestic Politics and Family Absence: The Correspondence (1588–1621) of Robert Sidney, First Earl of Leicester, and Barbara Gamage Sidney, Countess of Leicester (M.P. Hannay, Ed.) (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315257440
‘High Housewifery’: the Duties and Letters of Barbara Gamage Sidney, Countess of Leicester Margaret P. Hannay Search for more articles by this author
