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CATHERINE CAREY

LADY CATHERINE CAREY
'MISTRESS KNOLLYS'
LADY CATHERINE KNOLLYS
CATHERINE CAREY, DAME KNOLLYS

 

BIRTH:  c.1524
MARRIAGE:  26 Feb 1540
DEATH:  15 Jan 1569, Hampton Court Palace
BURIAL: Apr 1569, St Edmund's Chapel, Westminster Abbey

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
williamcarey

WILLIAM CAREY

son of Sir Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliot, Wiltshire

c.1495-1528

henryviii

HENRY VIII

Possible father of Catherine (although paternity not formally acknowledged) 

1491-1547

maryboleyn

LADY MARY BOLEYN

daughter of
Sir Thomas Boleyn
sister of Queen Anne 

c.1499-1543

SIBLINGS:
henrycarey

HENRY CAREY

1st Baron Hundson

1526-1596

(HALF-SIBLINGS FROM MOTHER MARY BOLEYN's SECOND MARRIAGE TO WILLIAM STAFFORD d.1556):
male

EDWARD STAFFORD

.

1535-1545

female

ANNE STAFFORD

.

c.1536-?

SPOUSE:
francisknollys

SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS

.

c.1512-1596

CHILDREN:
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SIR HENRY KNOLLYS

of Kingsbury, Warwickshire

1541-1582

williamknollys

WILLIAM KNOLLYS

1st Earl of Banbury

1545-1632

elizabethknollys

ELIZABETH KNOLLYS

Lady Leighton

1549-c.1605

francisknollysjr

SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS

"the younger"

1553-1648

female

CATHERINE KNOLLYS

Baroness Offaly

[Fitzgerald/Boteler]
 

1559-1632

female

LADY MARY KNOLLYS

.

 

1542-1593

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EDWARD KNOLLYS

.

1546-1580

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SIR ROBERT KNOLLYS

.

 

1550-1626

anneknollys

ANNE KNOLLYS

Lady de la Warr

[West]

1555-1608

unknown

DUDLEY KNOLLYS

Believed to be boy, but now to have been girl
 

May 1562-Jun 1562

letticeknollys

LETTICE KNOLLYS

Countess of Essex
Countess of Leicester
[Devereux/Dudley/Blount]

1543-1634

female

MAUD KNOLLYS

.

1548-? (died young)

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RICHARD KNOLLYS

.

1552-1598

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SIR THOMAS KNOLLYS

.

1558-1598

female

'GIRL' KNOLLYS

.
 

1563-?

USEFUL LINKS

USEFUL LINKS - EXTENDED FAMILY

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