# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-sedley-countess-of-dorchester
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:52:51.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-sedley-countess-of-dorchester"
name: "Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester"
slug: "catherine-sedley-countess-of-dorchester"
description: "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."
tagline: "British countess (1657-1717)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherine_(Sedley)%2C_Countess_of_Dorchester_by_Sir_Peter_Lely.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1657-12-21"
deathDate: "1717-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             0.2807017543859649
  historical:           10.70885866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Sedley%2C_Contes%C4%83_de_Dorchester"
    title: "Catherine Sedley, Contesă de Dorchester"
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    title: "Седли, Кэтрин, графиня Дорчестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Catherine Sedley, grevinna av Dorchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Sedley%2C_B%C3%A1_t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc_x%E1%BB%A9_Dorchester"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump