Douglas Sheffield, Baroness Sheffield

lover of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1542–1608)

Parents

• William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
• Margaret Gamage

Children

• Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
• Elizabeth Sheffield
• Robert Dudley

Siblings

• Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
• Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
• Mary Howard
• Agnes Howard
• Martha Howard
• William Howard
• Sir William Howard

Partners

• John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield
• Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
• Edward Stafford