Dorothy's four surviving brothers adhered to different parts of their father's divided loyalties. Philip
, the eldest (and heir to the title although he quarrelled bitterly with his father), fought on the parliamentarian side in...
Family and Intimate relationships
Dorothy Sidney Countess of Sunderland
During the English Civil War, DSCS
had close relatives on both sides of the conflict. Her husband
supported the royalist cause, fought, and ultimately died for it. He also gave Charles I
a loan...
