Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke [née Sidney]

(1561-1621)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621 DNB: Herbert [née Sidney], Mary, countess of Pembroke (1561-1621), writer and literary patron LBT ID: MaHerbe1621 VIAF ID: 32005754 LOC ID: n83180200	B/BAP: 1561-10-27 DIED: 1621-09-25
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English poet and patroness of poets; the sister of Sir Philip Sidney, in 1577 she married Henry Herbert, second earl of Pembroke.
REFERENCES TO Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke [née Sidney]: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 10