Lady Catherine Grey (sometimes spelled "Katherine") (~1539 – January 1568), Countess of Hertford, was the second surviving daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. She was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and older sister of Lady Mary Grey. Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... Henry Grey, 1st duke of Suffolk, 3rd marquess of Dorset and baron Ferrers of Groby, Harrington, Bonville and Astley (c. ... Lady Frances Brandon and her second husband Adrian Stokes, painted by Hans Eworth. ... Lady Jane Grey (ca. ... 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. ...

Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former Queen consort of France. Mary was the daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York and the younger sister of Henry VIII of England. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. ... Mary Tudor (March 18, 1496 – June 25, 1533) was the younger sister of Henry VIII of England and queen consort of France due to her marriage to Louis XII. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the youngest to survive infancy. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 – April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. ... Elizabeth of York (February 11, 1466–February 11, 1503) was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England, who she married in 1486, and the mother of King Henry VIII. She was born at Westminster, the eldest child of King Edward IV and his own Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville... For the play, see Henry VIII (play). ...

Catherine was married to Henry Herbert, son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke in May 1553, on the same day as her sister Jane was married to Guilford Dudley. After the wedding Catherine went to live with her husband at Baynard's Castle on the Thames. Sir Henry Herbert (1595-1673) was Master of the Revels to both King Charles I and King Charles II of England. ... William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke KG (c. ... Guilford Dudley (1536 - 12 February 1554) was a son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and Jane Guilford; and the younger brother of Robert Dudley, the future earl of Leicester. ... Baynards Castle was at various times a castle, house and palace that existed on the same site, in the south west corner of the City of London, for 600 years from the time of the Norman Conquest until the Great Fire of London. ...

Jane Grey was the designated heir of Edward VI of England, son of Henry VIII by his third Queen consort Jane Seymour. Edward VI died on July 6, 1553 and Jane was proclaimed Queen regnant on July 10. However Edward VI had removed his older half-sisters Mary I of England , daughter of Henry VIII by his first Queen consort Catherine of Aragon, and Elizabeth I of England, daughter of Henry VIII by his second Queen consort Anne Boleyn, from the line of succession. Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547, at just nine years of age. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Jane Seymour was strict and formal compared to her flamboyant predecessor, Anne Boleyn. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... A queen regnant is a female monarch who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have without regard to gender. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Mary Tudor is the name of both Mary I of England and her fathers sister, Mary Tudor (queen consort of France). ... The recently-widowed young Catherine of Aragon, by Henry VIIs court painter, Michael Sittow, c. ... 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. ... A portrait of Anne Boleyn painted some years after her death. ...

Jane was deposed in favor of Mary on July 19, 1553. The Earl of Pembroke sought to distance himself from the Grey family and cast out Catherine from his home and had her unconsummated marriage annulled. The deposed Queen was executed on February 12, 1554. Mary continued to reign until her natural death on November 17, 1558. She was also the second Queen consort of Philip II of Spain. Mary died childless and was succeeded by her younger half-sister Elizabeth. July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... Philip II of Spain. ...

Elizabeth was herself unwed and childless. The matter of her succession would bring Catherine Grey to relative prominence. As a grand-daughter of Mary Tudor, Catherine had a valid claim to the throne of the Kingdom of England. Under Henry VIII's will she could claim to be next-in-line for the throne and was therefore as significant a threat to Queen Elizabeth as Jane had been to Queen Mary. However, at one point the queen seemed to be warming to Catherine, as a potential Protestant heir, and it was rumoured that she was considering adopting her. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital Winchester, then London from 11th century. ...

During her time at the court of Queen Mary, Catherine had become friendly with Jane Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and niece of the deceased Queen Jane Seymour. Through Jane, Catherine met her brother Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, and fell in love with him. In December 1560, Lady Catherine secretly married Edward Seymour. The wedding was conducted at Edward's house in Canon Row, and Jane Seymour was the only witness. There was no formal record of the marriage. Edward Seymour Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. ... Jane Seymour was strict and formal compared to her flamboyant predecessor, Anne Boleyn. ... Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621) was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Anne Stanhope. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ...

Queen Elizabeth, unaware of the marriage, sent Edward away to France with Thomas Cecil, eldest son of William Cecil. The two were to tour Europe as a way to improve their education. Seymour left with his wife a document which would, in the event of his death, allow her to prove the marriage and inherit his property. Catherine, however, lost the document. Thus, when the always frail Jane Seymour died of tuberculosis, Catherine was not only left alone and friendless at court; she also had no means of proving her marriage. Thomas Cecil (May 5, 1546-February 8, 1623), eldest son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was created 1st Earl of Exeter on May 4, 1605, the same day his half-brother Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cranborne was created 1st Earl of Salisbury. ... 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 (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

Catherine concealed the marriage from everyone for months, even after she proved to be pregnant; when eight months pregnant and on progress with the court in Ipswich, she saw no choice but to seek help from influential court members. She first confessed to Bess of Hardwick, Lady Saintloe; however, Bess, convinced that both herself and Catherine would die for such treachery, not only refused to aid Catherine, but cursed the unfortunate girl for ever having told her such a secret. Catherine followed this by secretly visiting Robert Dudley, brother-in-law to her dead sister, in his bedroom at night, and pleading with him for help. Dudley also refused to help her; and then, fearful of the Queen discovering the visit and suspecting an affair, he immediately told Elizabeth everythng he knew. Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury by Rowland Lockley, 1592. ... At least two Robert Dudleys were prominent in history: Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, his illegitimate son. ...

Elizabeth was greatly angered that her cousin had married anyone without her permission, and did not approve of her choice of husband. Catherine was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where Edward joined her on his return to England. Even Bess of Hardwick was imprisoned, as Elizabeth became convinced that the marriage was part of a wider conspiracy. The Tower of London, seen from the River Thames, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ...

The marriage was annulled in 1562 but resulted in two children, both of whom were born in the Tower : Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ...

• Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache, (1561–1612).
• Thomas Seymour (born 1563).

Catherine Grey died in January, 1568. Her children were regarded as ineligible to succeed to the throne because of the annulled marriage, which made them illegitimate. However, in Elizabeth I's and later James I of England's reigns, they were courted as potential successors to the crown. Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp of Hache (September 21, 1561 – July 21, 1612), was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and Lady Catherine Grey, younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. ...

It was this Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp, whose son, (Catherine's grandson) William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, later got into trouble by his secret marriage to Arbella Stuart, another cousin with a claim to the throne of England. William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588–October 24, 1660) was the son of Edward Seymour and Honora Rogers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Further reading

• Chapman, Hester W. Two Tudor Portraits: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and Lady Katherine Grey. Jonathan Cape, 1960.