Biography
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, was born 28 March 1591 to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612) and Elizabeth Brooke (1562-1596) and died 3 December 1668 of unspecified causes. He married Catherine Howard (c1588-1673) 1 December 1608 .
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Philip Cecil (bef1668-) | |||
| James Cecil (-1616) | |||
| Charles Cecil (1619-1660) | 1619 | December 1660 | Diana Maxwell (c1623-1675) |
| Elizabeth Cecil (1619-1689) | 1619 | 19 November 1689 | William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684) |
| Anne Cecil (bef1620-1637) | 1612 | 6 December 1637 | Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-1668) |
| Diana Cecil (1622-1633) | |||
| Catherine Cecil (c1628-1652) | 1628 | 18 August 1652 | Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (1619-1698) |
| Algernon Cecil (bef1660-1676) | |||
| Robert Cecil (bef1668-) | |||
| William Cecil (bef1668-) | |||
| Edward Cecil (bef1668-) | |||
| Mary Cecil (bef1668-) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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