Jane Dormer

Jane Dormer
Duchess of Feria
Portrait thought to be of Jane Dormer, by Antonis Mor
Born6 January 1538
Eythrope, Buckinghamshire
Died13 January 1612(1612-01-13) (aged 74)
Spain
BuriedMonastery of Santa Clara, Zafra, Extremadura, Spain
Spouse(s)Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria
IssueLorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba
FatherSir William Dormer
MotherMary Sidney
OccupationLady-in-Waiting to Mary I of England

Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (6 January 1538 – 13 January 1612) was an English lady-in-waiting to Mary I who, after the Queen's death, married Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 1st Duke of Feria and went to live in Spain, where she would become a magnet for exiled English Catholics. She maintained a correspondence with Queen Elizabeth, and also corresponded with contacts sympathetic to the Catholic cause in England. Within Spain she championed the cause of exiled English fallen on hard times. On her husband's death in 1571 she took over the management of his estates. She died in Spain on 13 January 1612 and was buried at the monastery of Santa Clara in Zafra.