Frances Walsingham
Frances Walsingham | |
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| Lady Sidney (1583–1590), Countess of Essex (1590–1603), Countess of Clanricade (1603–1633) | |
Frances Walsingham, Lady Sidney, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder, 1586-1590 | |
| Born | Frances Walsingham 1567 England |
| Died | 17 February 1633 (aged 65–66) Kent, England |
| Buried | Tonbridge |
| Spouses | |
| Issue | Elizabeth Manners, Countess of Rutland The 3rd Earl of Essex Lady Dorothy Devereux Frances, Duchess of Somerset The 1st Marquess of Clanricarde Honora Paulet, Marchioness of Winchester |
| Father | Sir Francis Walsingham |
| Mother | Ursula St. Barbe |
Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde (née Walsingham, formerly Devereux and Sidney; 1567 – 17 February 1633) was an English noblewoman. The daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's Secretary of State, she became the wife of Sir Philip Sidney at age 16. Her second husband was Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, with whom she had five children. Two years after his execution in 1601, she married Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde, and went to live with him in Ireland.