Sherley, Lady Teresa Sampsonia
(c. 1589–1668)
- Bernadette Andrea
Extract
Sherley, Lady Teresa Sampsonia (c. 1589–1668), noblewoman, was born c.1589 to a Circassian ruler named Sampsuff or Sanfluf Iscaon [Isma`il Khan] (Chick, 144; Florencio, 25). Although often reduced to the nameless wife of the ‘famous English Persian’ ...