Lady Katherine Grey

Lady Katherine Grey
Lady Herbert
Countess of Hertford
Born25 August 1540
Bradgate Park, near Leicester
Died26 January 1568 (aged 27)
Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suffolk
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Spouse
(m. 1553; ann. 1554)
    IssueEdward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp
    Thomas Seymour
    HouseGrey
    FatherHenry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
    MotherLady Frances Brandon

    Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (née Lady Katherine Grey; 25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568) 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. Arrested after the Queen was informed of their clandestine marriage, Katherine (as Lady Hertford) lived in captivity until her death, having borne two sons in the Tower of London.