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Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (née Sidney, 27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621) was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare among the notable authors of the day in John Bodenham ...
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- Salisbury Cathedral
- 19 January 1601 - 19 January 1601
- Henry Sidney
Countess of Pembroke is a title that has been borne by several women throughout history, including: Aoife MacMurrough (c. 1145 – 1188), Irish noblewoman, Princess of Leinster Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke (1172–1220), wife of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and Countess of Pembroke in her own right
Apr 1, 2024 · Sept. 25, 1621, London (aged 59) Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke (born Oct. 27, 1561, near Bewdley, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Sept. 25, 1621, London) was a patron of the arts and scholarship, poet, and translator. She was the sister of Sir Philip Sidney, who dedicated to her his Arcadia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Back to Previous. Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke. 1561–1621. Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke by Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1590. © National Portrait Gallery, London. Mary Sidney was the most important non-royal woman writer and patron in Elizabethan England.
Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) By Margaret P. Hannay Mary Sidney Herbert, the first English woman to achieve a significant literary reputation, is celebrated for her patronage, for her translations, for her original poems praising Queen Elizabeth and her brother Philip, and especially for her metrical paraphrase of the ...
Apr 26, 2021 · The extraordinary Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke (1561 – 1621), was an almost exact contemporary of Shakespeare and has been one of the candidates in various conspiracy theories for the actual author of Shakespeare’s works, in particular his sonnets.
Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke, was known to be a hot-tempered redhead, brilliant, multi-talented, strong, dynamic, passionate, generous, and a bit arrogant. She was born three years before Shakespeare and died five years after. For two decades, she developed and led the most important literary circle in England’s history ...
