Jane Dormer Duchess Feria 1538-1612

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In or before 1525 [her father] William Dormer [aged 12] and [her mother] Mary Sidney were married.

On 6th January 1538 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria was born to William Dormer [aged 25] and Mary Sidney in Eythrope, Waddesdon.

On 10th February 1542 [her mother] Mary Sidney died.

Around 1550 [her father] William Dormer [aged 37] and [her step-mother] Dorothy Catesby [aged 23] were married.

In 1551 Pedro Suárez 4th Count Feria [aged 31] died. His brother [her future husband] Gómez [aged 31] succeeded 5th Count Feria.

Around 1554 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 15] was appointed Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary I of England and Ireland [aged 37].

In 1558 [her future husband] Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria [aged 38] was created 1st Duke Feria.

Around 1558 Antonis Mor [aged 41]. Portrait of (probably) Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 19].

On 29th December 1558 Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria [aged 38] and Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Feria. He had been one of the gentleman who had accompanied Philip "The Prudent" II King Spain [aged 31] to England for his marriage to Queen Mary I of England and Ireland [deceased].

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Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series Elizabeth I 1559. 1559. 24. Account of the deficiency in the jewels lately in charge of the Lady Jane [aged 20] Countess de Feria, on their delivery into the custody of Lady Knollys [aged 35], Mrs. Norris [aged 38], and Mrs. Blanch Parry.

In 1559 [her son] Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba was born to [her husband] Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria [aged 39] and Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 20].

Calendar of State Papers Domestic Series Elizabeth I 1559. 1559. 25. Account of the overplus of jewels, delivered to the Queen by the Lady Jane [aged 20] Countess de Feria, she being not charged with the1 same by her book of account.

Around 1563 Alonso Sánchez Coello [aged 32]. Portrait of Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 24].

In 1571 [her husband] Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba 1st Duke of Feria [aged 51] died. His son Lorenzo [aged 12] succeeded 2nd Duke Feria, 7th Count Feria.

In or before 1573 [her half-brother] Robert Dormer 1st Baron Dormer [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Browne Baroness Dormer were married.

On 17th May 1575 [her father] William Dormer [aged 62] died.

In 1607 [her son] Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba [aged 48] died.

On 13th January 1612 Jane Dormer Duchess Feria [aged 74] died.