Alice Spencer date of birth:
May 4, 1559
How old was Alice Spencer when died?
77
When did Alice Spencer die?
January 23, 1637
What is Alice Spencer nationality?
British
Short Biography
Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby (4 May 1559 – 23 January 1637) was an aristocratic English woman, and a noted patron of the arts. Poet Edmund Spenser represented her as "Amaryllis" in his pastoral poem Colin Clouts Come Home Againe and dedicated his The Teares of the Muses to her. Her first husband was Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, a claimant to the English throne. Alice's eldest daughter, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven was heir presumptive to Queen Elizabeth I.