Lady Catherine Grey
Noble person
1540 – 1568
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Who was Lady Catherine Grey?
Catherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford, born Lady Catherine Grey, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. A granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary, she was a potential successor to her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England, but incurred Elizabeth's wrath by her secret marriage to Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. Following her arrest when the queen was informed of her clandestine marriage, she lived in captivity until her death, having borne two sons in the Tower of London.
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- Born
- Aug 25, 1540
Bradgate Park - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
(1560 - ) - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
(1553/05 - 1554)
- Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- England
- Lived in
- Suffolk
- Died
- Jan 26, 1568
Cockfield Hall
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on July 23, 2013
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