Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley
Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley (born March 4, 1795 in Somerset Street, London as Sophia FitzClarence ; † April 10, 1837 ) was a British noblewoman and eldest illegitimate daughter of King William IV of Great Britain and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan . She married Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, and had four children. Shortly before her death, she worked as a housekeeper at Kensington Palace .
family
Sophia had five brothers and four sisters, all with the surname FitzClarence. Because of the difference in class, the parents could not marry. But since they had been together for twenty years, there was still domestic stability. 1797 from Clarence Lodge to Bushy House until 1807. Then the father separated when he wanted to create a legitimate successor.
marriage
On August 13, 1825, she married Philip Sidney . He later became a Member of Parliament and 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst in the County of Kent. Sidney was a relative of the romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley .
Sophia and her husband had four surviving children, three daughters and one son:
- Adelaide Augusta Willhelmina Sydney, married to Frederick Charles George FitzClarence-Hunloke, son of George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
- Ernestine Wellington Sidney, married to Philip Perceval, mother of Major Sir Philip Hunloke and grandmother of Lt.-Col. Henry Philip Hunloke
- Sophia Philippa Sidney, married to Alexander, Count von Kielmannsegg, great-grandson of Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (illegitimate son of George II of Great Britain )
- Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron of De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst (1828–1898), grandfather of William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
Late life
In May 1831, Sophia, like her sisters, was raised to the rank of daughter of a marquess . In January 1837 she was named State Housekeeper of Kensington Palace and died three months later in child birth. Shortly before, she drew her father. Since she was his favorite child, her father mourned her very much.
Her widowed husband died in 1851.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beauclerk-Dewar, Peter; Powell, Roger (2008). Royal Bastards. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-7315-4
- ^ Wright, GN (1837). The Life and Reign of William the Fourth . London: Fisher, Son, & Co. pp. 429, 825-854
- ↑ a b c d Weir, Alison (2008). Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-09-953973-5 . P. 304
- ↑ a b Brock, Michael (2004). "William IV (1765-1837)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press
- ↑ Campbell Denlinger, Elizabeth (2005). Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era . New York: Columbia University Press - via Questia p. 81
- ↑ Campbell Denlinger, Elizabeth (2005). Before Victoria: Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era . New York: Columbia University Press - via Questia p. 84
- ^ A b Wright, GN (1837). The Life and Reign of William the Fourth . London: Fisher, Son, & Co. p. 353
- ↑ Brennan, Michael G. (2006). The Sidneys of Penshurst and the Monarchy , 1500-1700. Ashgate Publishing Company.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1880). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage , Volume 42, Part 1. Harrison and Sons. P. 353
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sidney, Sophia, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | FitzClarence, Sophia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and eldest illegitimate daughter of King William IV of Great Britain and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Somerset Street, London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1837 |