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Lady Catherine Grey (sometimes spelled "Katherine") (~ 1539 - January 1568), Countess of Hertford, was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, the youngest of their parents' three children being Lady Mary Grey. As a grand-daughter of King Henry VIII of England's sister Mary Tudor, Catherine had just as valid a claim to the throne of England as her sister had, so she was just as big a threat to Queen Elizabeth I of England as Jane had been to Elizabeth's sister Queen Mary I of England.In 1560 Lady Catherine secretly married Edward Seymour, 2nd Earl of Hertford, the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who was a brother of Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour. As if her cousin's marrying anyone without her permission was not enough to anger Queen Elizabeth, Catherine's marrying the nephew of the woman Elizabeth's father had executed her mother to marry pushed Elizabeth into a full-blown fury. She imprisoned, for a time, everyone who had anything to do with it, including Bess of Hardwick, who was the one Lady Catherine confessed to when she became pregnant and knew the secret was about to come out.
The marriage was annulled in 1562 but resulted in two children: Edward Seymour ( 1561Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots Mary, Queen of Scots is denied passage through England after returning from France. She arrives at Leith, Scotland on August 19. The first Calvinists settle in England after fleeing Fla- 1612Events January 20 Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Antonius Magirus's Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck is published. Popular uprising in Moscow expels Polish troops. Trial of the witches in Pendle, Lancashire is held. Births Thomas Fairfax, Eng), 3rd Earl of Hertford, and Thomas Seymour (born 1563Events February 18 The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orleans March Peace of Amboise. Negotiated between the Prince of Conde and Anne de Montmorency, it accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. The combined Hugue). It was this Edward Seymour whose son William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, got into trouble by his secret marriage to Arbella StuartArbella Stuart (or Arabella and/or Stewart ) ( 1575 1615), Duchess of Somerset, was the only child of Elizabeth Cavendish (daughter of Bess of Hardwick) and Charles Stuart (younger brother of Henry Stuart, who was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scot, another cousin with an attenuated claim to the throne of England.
Grey, Catherine
Grey, Catherine
