Biography of Anne Spencer Countess Dorset -1618
Paternal Family Tree: Spencer
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Anne Spencer Countess Dorset was born to John Spencer and Katherine Kitson.
On 22 Jun 1532 [her grandfather] William Spencer (age 36) died at Brington, Northamptonshire. He was buried at Brington, Northamptonshire.
On 22 Sep 1532 [her grandmother] Susan Knightley (age 34) died.
On 11 Sep 1540 [her grandfather] Thomas Kitson (age 55) died.
On 15 Aug 1560 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died at Hornby. His son [her future husband] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Monteagle. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Baroness Monteagle.
On 12 Dec 1561 [her grandmother] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 52) died at Stoke Newington [Map]. She was buried on 12 Jan 1562 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave.
Before 1574 [her future husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 29) and Frances Hastings Baroness Compton (age 40) were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 62). He the son of Peter Compton and [her future mother-in-law] Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 50). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In Feb 1580 [her future husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 19) and Margaret Howard (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk. He the son of [her future father-in-law] Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 44) and [her future mother-in-law] Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 45).
On 10 Nov 1581 [her future husband] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died. His grandson William Parker 4th Baron Monteagle 14th Baron Marshal 13th Baron Morley (age 6) succeeded 4th Baron Monteagle.
After 10 Nov 1581 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 37) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He the son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 58). He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1584 [her son] Henry Compton was born to [her husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 39) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
On 10 Dec 1589 [her husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 45) died. His son William Compton 1st Earl of Northampton succeeded 2nd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
Before 1591 [her future husband] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and Anne Leybourne (age 58) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
After 1591 William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 04 Dec 1592 Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 31) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. He the son of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 56) and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 57).
After 1606 [her son] Thomas Compton and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 36) were married. He the son of [her former husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
Before 1608 [her son-in-law] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 40) and [her daughter] Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of [her former husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
On 19 Apr 1608 [her father-in-law] Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 72) died suddenly at the council table, having apparently suffered a stroke. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son [her husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 27 Feb 1609 [her step-son] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 19) and Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland (age 48). He the son of [her husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) and Margaret Howard.
On 27 Feb 1609 [her husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) died at Dorset House. He was buried at Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son [her step-son] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Dorset, 3rd Baron Buckhurst and inherited Knole House, Sevenoaks. Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 22 Sep 1618 Anne Spencer Countess Dorset died.
[her daughter] Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt was born to Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
[her son] Thomas Compton was born to Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Empson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
GrandFather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Father: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
GrandMother: Susan Knightley
GrandFather: Thomas Kitson
Mother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
GrandMother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath