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Robert ( 2nd Earl of Sunderland ) Spencer

Male 1641 - 1702  (61 years)Deceased


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert ( 2nd Earl of Sunderland ) Spencer was born on 5 Sep 1641 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (son of Henry (1st Earl of Sunderland) Spencer and Dorothy Sydney (maid. name Countess of Sunderland)); died on 28 Sep 1702 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England.

    Robert married Anne ( Countess of Sunderland ) Digby, on 10 Jun 1665 in London, London, England. Anne (daughter of George Digby (maid. name Baron Digby of Sherborne, 2nd Earl of Bristol) and (Lady) Anne Russell (maid. name Countess of Bristol)) was born in 1646 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 16 Apr 1715 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Charles (2nd Duke of Marlborough, 3rd Earl of Sunderland) Spencer was born in 1674 in Althrope Manor, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England; died on 19 Apr 1723 in Sunderland House, Picadilly, London, Middlesex, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry (1st Earl of Sunderland) Spencer was born on 23 Nov 1620 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England (son of (Sir) William Spencer (maid. name 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB, MP) and Penelope Wriothesley); died on 20 Sep 1643 in Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, England.

    Henry married Dorothy Sydney (maid. name Countess of Sunderland) on 20 Jul 1639 in Penshurst, Kent, England. Dorothy was born on 5 Oct 1617 in Scion House, Isleworth, Middlesex, England; died on 5 Feb 1684 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Dorothy Sydney (maid. name Countess of Sunderland) was born on 5 Oct 1617 in Scion House, Isleworth, Middlesex, England; died on 5 Feb 1684 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England.
    Children:
    1. 1. Robert ( 2nd Earl of Sunderland ) Spencer was born on 5 Sep 1641 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France; died on 28 Sep 1702 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  (Sir) William Spencer (maid. name 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB, MP) was born in Dec 1591 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England (son of Robert (Sir) (1st Baron of Wormleighton) Spencer and Margaret Willoughby); died on 19 Dec 1636 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England.

    (Sir) married Penelope Wriothesley in 1615 in Tichfield, England. Penelope was born on 8 Nov 1598 in Tichfield, Hampshire, England; died on 16 Jul 1667 in Brighton, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Penelope Wriothesley was born on 8 Nov 1598 in Tichfield, Hampshire, England; died on 16 Jul 1667 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. Henry (1st Earl of Sunderland) Spencer was born on 23 Nov 1620 in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England; died on 20 Sep 1643 in Battle of Newbury, Berkshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert (Sir) (1st Baron of Wormleighton) Spencer was born on 1570 or 1553 in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England OR Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England (son of Sir John III Knight Spencer #1 and Lady Mary Margaret Catlyn #1); died on 25 Oct 1627 in Wormleighton, Warwickshire, England.

    Robert married Margaret Willoughby on 30 Nov 1583 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England. Margaret was born in 1571 in England, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 17 Aug 1597 in Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Willoughby was born in 1571 in England, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 17 Aug 1597 in Northamptonshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. (Sir) William Spencer (maid. name 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, KB, MP) was born in Dec 1591 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England; died on 19 Dec 1636 in Brington, Northamptonshire, England.