Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland (October 5, 1617 - February 5, 1684), was the wife of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland and the daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... The Right Honourable Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland (c. ...

In about 1635, she rejected a proposal of marriage from the poet Edmund Waller, who addressed verses to her under the name of "Sacharissa". In 1639, she married Henry Spencer, and he was created 1st Earl of Sunderland in 1643, in recognition of his service to the king in the English Civil War. He was killed at the First Battle of Newbury shortly afterwards, leaving Dorothy with two children, and pregnant with a third, who died in infancy. The two surviving children were: Edmund Waller (March 3, 1606 – October 21, 1687) was an English poet. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... The title of Earl of Sunderland was created in the Peerage of England in 1643. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between English Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ... The two Battles of Newbury took place near Newbury, Berkshire during the English Civil War in 1643 and 1644. ...

• Lady Dorothy Spencer
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The widowed countess lived at Brington, Northamptonshire, but eventually returned to live with her parents at Penshurst Place in Kent. In 1652 she remarried, to Robert Smith or Smythe. Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1640 - September 28, 1702) was an English statesman and nobleman. ... The Great Hall at Penshurst Place, ca. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...

Bibliography

Sacharissa; some account of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland, her family and friends, 1617-1684 by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1926)