Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (née

NEE

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 Spencer) (1640 – 16 December 1670) was the first wife of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and the daughter of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland

Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, 3rd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton , known as The Lord Spencer between 1636 and June 1643, was an English peer who fought and died in the English civil war on the side of the Cavaliers.Henry was born at Althorp to William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer and was...

. Her mother was the former Lady Dorothy Sidney

Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland

Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland was the wife of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland and the daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester....

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Lady Dorothy married George Savile on 29 December 1656, and they had two children:

• William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax
  William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax
  William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax was the son of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax . He was educated in Geneva in 1677 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1681, but did not take a degree. He travelled on the continent in 1684–1687,...
  
  
• Anne Savile, later Countess of Carberry

In 1667, George Savile was created Viscount Halifax, but his elevation to the title of Marquess of Halifax

Marquess of Halifax

The title Marquess of Halifax was created in the Peerage of England in 1682 for the 1st Earl of Halifax.The 1st Marquess had previously been created Baron Savile, of Eland in the County of York, and Viscount Halifax in 1668 and Earl of Halifax in 1679, all also in the Peerage of England...

came some years after Dorothy's death.