Person

Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester

British countess (1657-1717) · 1657–1717

Marriages and partners

• Q5232496 from 1696
• James II of England King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)

Parents

• Q1066050
• Q76092745

Children

• Q7617445
• Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby (died 1743) 1685–1743
• James Darnley (1684-1685) 1684–1685
• Q27468910

About

Catherine Colyear, suo jure Countess of Dorchester and Countess of Portmore, was an English noble and courtier. She was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. Catherine was noted not for beauty but for her celebrated wittiness and sharp tongue.

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