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Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (née Lady Katherine Grey; 25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568) [1] [2] was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.. A granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary, she emerged as a prospective successor to her cousin, Elizabeth I of England, before incurring Queen Elizabeth's wrath by secretly marrying Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford.
Countess of Hertford is a title given to the wife of the Earl of Hertford. Women who have held the title include: Isabel Marshal (1200–1240) Maud de Lacy, Countess of Hertford and Gloucester (1223-1289) Lady Katherine Grey (1540-1568) Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (1578-1639) Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1699–1754)
Catherine Parr then married Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral. Lady Jane followed her to her new household. Frances, her husband, and other members of the aristocracy saw Jane as a possible wife for the young King. Catherine Parr died on 5 September 1548 which sent Jane back into the care of her mother.
Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford (née Thynne; 10 May 1699 – 7 July 1754), later the Duchess of Somerset, was a British courtier and the wife of Algernon Seymour, Earl of Hertford, who became the 7th Duke of Somerset in 1748. She was also known as a poet, literary patron and woman of letters. [1]
Katherine Seymour Countess of Hertford 1540–1568 Lady Herbert: Edward Seymour 1539–1621 1st Earl of Hertford: Lady Jane Grey 1536/1537–1554 r. 1553 Disputed Queen of England: Lord Guildford Dudley c. 1535 –1554 an English nobleman who was married to Lady Jane Grey
Despite the disastrous consequences of her sister Katherine's secret marriage, Mary also married without the Queen's permission. [9] On 16 July 1565, [10] while the Queen was absent attending the marriage of her kinsman, Sir Henry Knollys [11] (d. 21 December 1582), and Margaret Cave, the daughter of Sir Ambrose Cave, [12] Mary secretly married the Queen's sergeant porter, Thomas Keyes, son of ...
His second wife was Lady Catherine Talbot, whom he married in 1563, in a double wedding with their siblings Francis, Lord Talbot and Lady Anne Herbert. [4] Catherine and Francis were children of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury , and his wife Lady Gertrude Manners, daughter of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland .
His son Sir George Francis Seymour (1787–1870), admiral of the fleet, began his naval career by serving under Nelson; in 1818 he became Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Lords, a post which he retained till 1841, when he was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral and appointed a lord of the admiralty; his eldest son, Francis George Hugh Seymour ...