Lady Sybil's death in season 3 of Downton Abbey was shocking but planned from the start. Actress Jessica Brown-Findlay wanted to avoid being typecast and decided to leave the show after three years.

Millions of Downton Abbey fans were shocked Sunday night when one of the show's main characters, Lady Sybil Branson, died from eclampsia shortly after giving birth to a baby girl. In the heart ...

But never has “Downton Abbey” conjured more tears than it did Sunday night, with Sybil’s not entirely unexpected and yet still utterly heartbreaking death during childbirth. It’s obvious ...

"Downton Abbey," Julian Fellowes' six-season series ... Branson (Allen Leech) has been on his own since his wife Lady Sybil Crawley's death on season three, raising their daughter Sybbie as ...

With all the Branson revolutionary-ing, Lady Edith altar-jilting and Bates jail-rotting, it was easy to forget that Lady Sybil was ... worried about their lack of Downton-heir baby, too.

Sybil died soon after, creating a tragic end to one of Downton’s favorite characters. “Preeclampsia affects about 6-8 percent of the population of pregnant women,” Dr. Burke-Galloway says.

"Downton Abbey" has a truly enormous cast of characters ... They have three daughters: Mary, Edith, and Sybil. Born Lady Rosamund Crawley, "Aunt Rosamund" is Robert's sister and Violet's daughter.

"Downton Abbey: A New Era" is adding another wedding ... Over the first couple seasons, the relationship between Sybil and Tom grows from a friendship rooted in common political interests to ...

The second "Downton Abbey" movie, "Downton Abbey ... supporter of Irish independence and socialism. He bonds with Lady Sybil, the youngest Crawley daughter, and the two eventually get married.

“Christmas at Downton Abbey” (Season 2, Episode 9): Dec. 1919 to Jan. 1920. The downstairs staff is busy with Christmas preparations. Sybil, now married to Tom and living in Ireland, reveals ...

and perhaps the last time Downton Abbey viewers knew true joy before the series finale. While setting up future arcs—Mr.