Dorothy Bray (Braye) | |
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| Baroness Chandos | |
_-_formerly_John_Bettes_the_Younger,_died_1616,_British_and_George_Gower,_ca._1540%E2%80%931596,_British_%E2%80%94_Google_Arts_%26_Culture.jpg) Portrait by John Bettes the Younger, alleged to be that of Dorothy Braye, Baroness Chandos, c. 1578 | |
| Born | c. 1524 Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 31 October 1605 (aged 80-81) Minty, Gloucestershire |
| Buried | Rotherfield Greys Church |
| Spouse(s) | Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos William Knollys MP |
| Issue | Mary Brydges Katherine Brydges Eleanor Brydges Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos |
| Father | Sir Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye |
| Mother | Jane Halliwell |
| Occupation | Maid of Honour |
Dorothy Bray (or Braye), Baroness Chandos (c. 1524 – 31 October 1605) was an English noblewoman, who served as a Maid of Honour to three queens consort of King Henry VIII of England; Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. From 1541 to 1543, she had an affair with the latter's married brother, William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton.
In 1546, Dorothy married her first husband Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos.