Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk
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Catherine Knyvet was born in Charlton, Wiltshire
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She was the daughter of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton and Elizabeth Stumpe. Her half-brother was Sir Thomas Knyvet
who foiled the gunpowder plot
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She married, firstly, Richard, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, and grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
and secondly, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
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In 1619 she suffered from smallpox
"which spoiled that good face of hers, which had brought to other much misery and to herself greatness which ended with much unhappiness."
She had fourteen children:
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
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She was the daughter of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton and Elizabeth Stumpe. Her half-brother was Sir Thomas Knyvet
Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet
Thomas James Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet was the second son of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton, Wiltshire and Anne Pickering, daughter of Sir Christopher Pickering of Killington, Westmoreland. His half-sister Catherine Knyvet was married to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk...
who foiled the gunpowder plot
Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.The plan was to blow up the House of...
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She married, firstly, Richard, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, and grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich , was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated alms houses in Essex in 1564....
and secondly, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
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In 1619 she suffered from smallpox
Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...
"which spoiled that good face of hers, which had brought to other much misery and to herself greatness which ended with much unhappiness."
She had fourteen children:
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
(13 August 1582 – 3 June 1640) married: Elizabeth Hume had issue - Elizabeth Howard (c. 1583 - 17 April 1658) married: (1) William Knollys, 1st Earl of BanburyWilliam Knollys, 1st Earl of BanburySir William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, KG, PC was an English nobleman at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James...
had issue (2) Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of HarrowdenEdward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of HarrowdenEdward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden was an English peer. He was the son of George Vaux and his wife Elizabeth Vaux , and the grandson and heir of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden...
(some say that Elizabeth's and William's children were illegitimate) - Sir Robert HowardRobert Howard (royalist)Sir Robert Howard was an English landowner, member of parliament, and Royalist soldier. He was involved with a scandal when his mistress Lady Purbeck was found guilty of adultery and was twice summoned to explain her pregnancies to the Star Chamber...
(1584–1653) married: Catherine Nevill - Gertrude Howard (born c. 1585)
- Sir William Howard (1586 – bef. 1672)
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of BerkshireThomas Howard, 1st Earl of BerkshireThomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet....
(8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) married: Elizabeth Cecil had issue - Catherine Howard (c.1588–1673) married: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of SalisburyWilliam Cecil, 2nd Earl of SalisburyWilliam Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer and politician.-Early years, 1591-1612:...
had issue - Emily Howard (born 1589)
- Frances HowardFrances Carr, Countess of SomersetFrances Carr, Countess of Somerset was an English noblewoman who was the central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I...
(31 May 1590–1632) married: (1) Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads...
(2) Robert Carr, 1st Earl of SomersetRobert Carr, 1st Earl of SomersetRobert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, , was a politician, and favourite of King James I of England.-Background:Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr of Ferniehurst, Scotland by his second wife, Janet, sister of Walter Scott of Buccleuch...
had issue - Sir Charles Howard (1591–1622), married Mary Fitzjohn and had issue
- Henry Howard (1592–1616), married Elizabeth Bassett and had issue
- John Howard (1593–1595)
- Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of EscrickEdward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of EscrickEdward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick was a British nobleman and Parliamentarian.Howard was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He was knighted KB. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Calne and for Wallingford and chose to sit for Calne...
(d. 24 April 1675) - Margaret Howard, (c.1599 - 1608)