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KATHERINE GREY

LADY KATHERINE GREY

KATHERINE GREY, LADY HERBERT

KATHERINE GREY, LADY SEYMOUR

KATHERINE SEYMOUR, COUNTESS OF HERTFORD

 

BIRTH:  25 Aug 1540, Bradgate Hall, Leicestershire
MARRIAGE:  

1. (Henry Herbert)  25 May 1553, Durham House, London (annulled)
2. (Edward Seymour) 25 Dec 1560, Canon Row, London (annulled)

DEATH:  25 Jan 1568, Yoxford, Suffolk
BURIAL: Initially interred in Yoxfield Church; later moved to Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire to be buried with husband Edward Seymour (d.1621) in the Seymour Chapel

LINEAGE
 

PARENTS:
henrygrey

SIR HENRY GREY

1st Duke of Suffolk
 

1517-1554

francesbrandon

LADY FRANCES BRANDON

Duchess of Suffolk

[Grey]

1517-1559

SIBLINGS:
janegrey

LADY JANE GREY

[Dudley]

1536/37-1554

marygrey

LADY MARY GREY

[Keyes]

 

1545-1578

SPOUSES:
henryherbert

HENRY HERBERT

Lord Herbert
 

1539-c.1601

edwardseymourjr

EDWARD SEYMOUR

1st Earl of Hertford
 

1539-1621

CHILDREN:
(FROM SECOND MARRIAGE TO EDWARD SEYMOUR)
edwardseymourbaby

EDWARD SEYMOUR

Lord Beauchamp of Hache
 

1561-1612

male

THOMAS SEYMOUR

.
 

c.1563-1600

Both children were born whilst Katherine was held prisoner at Tower of London.
Both were later deemed illegitimate, following forced annulment of parents' marriage
(due to belief this was part of a conspiracy against Elizabeth I). 

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