Dorothy Stafford

Stafford [née Devereux; other married name Shirley], Lady Dorothy (1600–1636), literary patron and poet (1600–1636)

Parents

• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
• Frances Walsingham

Children

• Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet
• Lettice Shirley
• Sir Charles Shirley, 3rd Bt.

Siblings

• Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
• Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
• Walter Devereux
• Honora de Burgh
• Mary Bourke
• Elizabeth Sydney
• Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

Partners

• Henry Shirley
• William Stafford