Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex
(1531-1589)
16th-century English noblewoman
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Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex (née Sidney; 1531–1589) was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and the founder of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She was the daughter of Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst Place in Kent, a prominent courtier during the reign of King Henry VIII, and his wife, the former Anne Packenham. She was the sister of Sir Henry Sidney, and aunt to both the poet Sir Philip Sidney and the first Sidney Earl of Leicester.
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Frances Sidney 1531 Penshurst Palace
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1589 (aged 57) Bermondsey
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