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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.
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) Isabella Seymour-Conway, Countess of Hertford (1726-1782)
Is the main character in Carolly Erickson's highly fictionalized novel The Favoured Queen, which follows her from her appointment as lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon right up until her death. [56] Is the subject of the novel Plain Jane: A Novel of Jane Seymour (Tudor Women Series) by Laurien Gardner . [57]
In Thomas Cromwell's family Strong identified two women who might have been around the right age to be the sitter: Frances Murfyn (c. 1520 – c. 1543), the wife of Sir Richard Cromwell, [17] and a lady of the highest social standing: Elizabeth Seymour (c. 1518 – 1568), who married, successively, Sir Anthony Ughtred (d. 1534), Gregory ...
ISBN 9780986387302, p. 32.: "The necklace, though with a different pendant, can be seen in both the full-sized portrait of Jane Seymour, Henry's third consort, and in the miniature thought to depict Henry's fifth wife, Katherine Howard". Heard, Kate & Whitaker, Lucy (2013). The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein. London: Royal Collection ...
In 1534, a woman named "The Imperial Lady" became mistress to Henry VIII, using her influence to secure better treatment for Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary. [6] In addition, Henry VIII was involved in a romantic relationship with three of his future wives before he married them. It is unclear if these relationships became sexual before ...
He was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621), by his wife Lady Katherine Grey (died 1568), a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, "The Nine Days' Queen". His grandfather was Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (executed 1552), all of whose titles became forfeit on his attainder by the Parliament of England , during the ...
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (née Lady Frances Brandon; 16 July 1517 – 20 November 1559), was an English noblewoman.She was the second child and eldest daughter of King Henry VIII's younger sister, Princess Mary, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.