House of Sidney

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The House of Sidney is an English noble family historically noted for its political influence, literary contributions, and involvement in republican and Whig causes.

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Label Occurrences
House of Sidney canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble family
associatedWith Elizabethan court
linked to: Tudor court

English Reformation politics
Stuart period politics
coatOfArmsDescription or, a pheon azure
country Kingdom of England
United Kingdom
familyMotto Phaeton-like mottoes associated with Sidney pheon (attributed; wording varies historically)
hasFamilyName Sidney
hasMember Algernon Sidney
Dorothy Sidney
Henry Sidney
Mary Sidney
Philip Sidney
linked to: Sir Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Robert Sidney
hasNotableFemaleMember Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
linked to: Mary Sidney
hasNotableMaleMember Algernon Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney
hasTitle Baron Sidney
Earl of Leicester
Viscount De L'Isle
historicalEra Georgian era
Stuart period
Tudor period
linked to: Tudor England
influenced English literature
Whig ideology
republican political thought
languageOfOrigin English
nobleStatus peerage of England
notableFor involvement in Whig causes
involvement in republican causes
literary contributions
political influence
notableWorkByMember Astrophel and Stella
Discourses Concerning Government
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
The Defence of Poesy
politicalAlignment Whig
linked to: British Whig Party
politicalTradition English republicanism
region Kent
religiousAlignment Protestant
seat Penshurst Place
socialClass nobility

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Referenced by (3)

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

Algernon Sidney memberOf House of Sidney
Mary Dudley associatedWith House of Sidney
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester memberOf House of Sidney
subject linked to: Robert Sidney