Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex

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Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, was a 16th-century English noblewoman and philanthropist whose endowment led to the founding of Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge.

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Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex canonical 9
Frances Sidney 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century English person ⓘ
English noblewoman ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
associatedInstitution Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
associatedWith Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
benefactorOf Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear 1531 ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
commemorativeCategory founders of colleges of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
courtRole lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ
deathYear 1589 ⓘ
era Tudor period ⓘ
familyName Sidney ⓘ
father Sir William Sidney ⓘ
givenName Frances ⓘ
governedEstate Sussex estates through marriage ⓘ
hasMonument tomb in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
historicalRegion England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy Sidney Sussex College named in her honor ⓘ
marriedIntoFamily Radclyffe family ⓘ
memorial commemorated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ⓘ
mother Anne Pakenham ⓘ
name Frances Sidney ⓘ
nobleFamily Sidney family ⓘ
notableBequest funds for a Puritan-inclined college at Cambridge ⓘ
notableFor endowing Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ⓘ
philanthropicFocus education ⓘ
religious causes ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
relative Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sibling Henry Sidney ⓘ
socialRole patron of learning ⓘ
patron of religion ⓘ
spouse Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
title Countess of Sussex ⓘ
titleHeldByMarriage Countess of Sussex ⓘ
willProvidedFor foundation of a Cambridge college ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → namedAfter → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → foundedBy → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → foundingEndowmentBy → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex → name → Frances Sidney ⓘ
linked to: Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → foundedBy → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
subject linked to: Sidney Sussex
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge → namedAfter → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
subject linked to: Sidney Sussex
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex → spouse → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Sidney family → hasNotableMember → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
subject linked to: Sidney
Sidney → isHistoricallyAssociatedWith → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ
Anne Pakenham → child → Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex ⓘ