Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby and Duchess of Suffolk (22 March 1519 - 19 September 1580) was a noblewoman living at the English courts of King Henry VIII, Edward VI and later, Elizabeth I. Noted for her Protestant reformist views, she fled abroad to Poland during the reign of Mary I, though her son Peregrine was born in Wesel. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Silver groat of Henry VIII, minted c. ... Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France (in practice only the town and surrounding district of Calais) and Ireland on 28 January 1547, and crowned on 20 February, at just nine years of age. ... hi opooouyuyyyyvfjcxv Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Queen Mary I of England (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 (de facto) or 19 July 1553 (de jure) until her death. ... Wesel is a city (population about 61,689 in 2004) in Germany, located at the point where the Lippe River empties into the Rhine. ...

Catherine was born, probably at court, to Maria de Salinas, a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine of Aragon. Her father, William, 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, was a courtier of King Henry VIII. When she was only seven years old in 1526, he died, and Catherine, the only surviving child of the Willoughbys' marriage, inherited the barony and an income of 15,000 ducats a year. Queen Catherine of England Catherine of Aragon (Castilian: Catalina de Aragón y Castilla) (December 16, 1485–January 7, 1536) was queen consort of England as Henry VIII of Englands first wife. ... William Willoughby, 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (before 1498 - 1526) was an English baron. ... The ducat (IPA: ) is a gold coin that was used as a trade currency throughout Europe before World War I. Its weight is 3. ...

It is noted that Henry VIII favoured the marriage between her parents, naming one of his warships after her mother, the Mary Willoughby. Such matches were crucial at the time when Henry was about to marry Catherine, therefore they needed strong Spanish alliances. One example were the parents of Catherine Willoughby. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

Upon her father's death, wardship of the girl, i.e. guardianship and provision of her person, fell to the King, who sold it to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. However, a nasty battle over her inheritance ensued with her uncle, who declared the money and title pass to his family. After this issue was resolved, Catherine was betrothed to the duke's son and heir, Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln. However, on the death in 1533 of the duke's wife, Mary Tudor (sister of Henry VIII and Queen Dowager of France), Brandon chose to marry Catherine himself, since she was a rich heiress and he was short of money (the Earl of Lincoln died the following year). Despite about 35 years' difference in their ages, the duke and his new duchess subsequently had two sons, Henry and Charles. This marriage brought Catherine into the extended royal family, as Henry VIII's will made his sister Mary's descendants the next heirs to the throne after his own children. The Duke and Duchess of Suffolk officially greeted Anne of Cleves when she arrived in England in 1539 to marry Henry VIII, and subsequently a few years later housed Catherine Howard whilst she had an ongoing affair with Thomas Culpepper. She was later beheaded. Brandon died in 1545, and both his sons by Catherine died within an hour of each other in 1551. This deeply affected Catherine for the rest of her life. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. ... Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (March 11, 1516 - March 8, 1534) was the eldest child and only son born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. ... Mary Tudor can refer to any of the following: Mary Tudor (queen consort of France) Mary I of England Category: ... Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537-1551) was the son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby. ... Anne of Cleves, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger Queen Anne of England née Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515–July 16, 1557) also known as The Flanders Mare (see below)—was the fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England from January 6, 1540 to July 9, 1540. ... Catherine Howard (between 1520 and 1525 – 13 February 1542) was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (1540-1542), and sometimes known by his reference to her as the rose without a thorn. Her birth date and place of birth is unknown, (occasionally cited as 1521, probably in London). ...

Catherine subsequently married Richard Bertie, a member of her household, for love, but she continued to be known as the Duchess of Suffolk, and her efforts to have her husband named Lord Willoughby were unsuccessful. Noted for her wit, sharp tongue, and devotion to learning, she became a close friend of Henry VIII's last queen, Catherine Parr, influencing the queen's Protestant beliefs and helping fund the publication of one of her books, The Lamentation of a Sinner. Upon Catherine Parr's death in childbirth, the Duchess of Suffolk took custody of her child, Mary Seymour. She was, however, not equipped to dealing with a young child and wrote to her good friend William Cecil, telling him she did not have enough to support the royal child and the staff that she required. It is a mystery, still today, as to how the little Mary Seymour dissappeared beneath the eyes of the entire country. Some historians say she died, whilst some have found evidence linking the baby girl towards a family that claimed inheritance in the 17th century. 70. ... William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521–4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign. ...

Years later, she also became the custodian of one of her Brandon step-granddaughters, Lady Mary Grey, when the latter was placed under house arrest after marrying without royal consent. Lady Mary Grey (1545–April 20, 1578), sometimes spelled Marie, was the third and last daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. ...

In 1555, the Berties were among the Protestants who went into exile on the Continent. Their persecution by Bishop Stephen Gardiner, the lord chancellor, and subsequent wanderings were recounted in Foxe's Book of Martyrs. After their return to England, they lived at Catherine's estate, Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire, and at court. By Richard Bertie, Catherine was the mother of Peregrine Bertie, who married a sister of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and of Susan Bertie, who married 1st Reginald Grey, Earl of Kent, and 2nd Sir John Wingfield, a nephew of Catherine's friend Bess of Hardwick. Advocates of Oxford as the real author of Shakespeare's plays have suggested that Catherine's strong personality may have served as a model for Paulina in The Winter's Tale. Stephen Gardiner (c. ... William Tyndale, just before being burnt at the stake, cries out Lord, ope the King of Englands eies in this woodcut from an early edition of Foxes Book of Martyrs. ... Grimsthorpe Castle was originally a Tudor country house in Lincolnshire, 4 miles northwest of Bourne on the A151. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The peerage title Earl of Kent has been created many times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury by Rowland Lockley, 1592. ... Autolycus (1836) by Charles Robert Leslie This article is about the play by Shakespeare. ...