Frances Sidney c. 1570-75

Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531-1589) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I of England and the foundress of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... This article is about Elizabeth I of England. ... College name The College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex Motto Dieu me Garde de Calomnie (French: God preserve me from calumny) Founder Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex Established 1596 Location Sidney Street Admittance Men and women Master Prof. ...

Frances was the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent courtier during the reign of Henry VIII and Lord Chamberlain to Edward VI, and his wife Anne Packenham. She was the sister of Sir Henry Sidney, and the aunt of the poet Sir Philip Sidney. “Henry VIII” redirects here. ... Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France (in practice only the town and surrounding district of Calais) and Ireland on 28 January 1547, and crowned on 20 February, at just nine years of age. ... Sir Henry Sidney (1529 - May 5, 1586), lord deputy of Ireland, was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney, a prominent politician and courtier in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he received extensive grants of land, including the manor of Penshurst in Kent... Philip Sidney. ...

In 1555, Frances married as his second wife Thomas Radclyffe, who would become Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1556 and Earl of Sussex on his father's death in 1557. They left no children. Thomas Radclyffe (or Ratclyffe) 3rd Earl of Sussex (c. ... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of Englands (pre-1707) or Britains (post 1707) administration in Ireland. ... The title of Earl of Sussex has been created several times in the Peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. ...

In her will, Frances Sidney left the sum of ₤5,000 together with some plate to found a new college at Cambridge University "to be called the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex College".^[1] The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Hearn, Karen, ed. Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630. New York: Rizzoli, 1995. ISBN 0-8478-1940-X.