Pop Oswald Tree » Catherine GREY (1540-1568)
Personal data Catherine GREY
Sources 1, 2, 3- She was born on August 25, 1540.Sources 1, 2
- She died on January 26, 1568 in London, Greater London, England, she was 27 years old.Sources 1, 2, 3
- Alternative: She died on January 27, 1568 in London, Greater London, England, she was 27 years old.Sources 1, 2, 3
- She is buried in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.Sources 2, 3
- Alternative: She is buried in Yoxford, Suffolk, England.Sources 2, 3
- Alternative: She is buried in Salisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England.Source 3
- A child of Henry GREY and Frances BRANDON
Household of Catherine GREY
(1) She has/had a relationship with Henry HERBERT.
Child(ren):
- Edward SEYMOUR 1561-1612
- Thomas SEYMOUR 1563-1600
(2) She has/had a relationship with Edward SEYMOUR.
Timeline Catherine GREY
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Sources
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- Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday August 25, 1540
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
- January 6 » King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
- March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
- May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
- July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
- September 27 » The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
- October 18 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
Day of death January 27, 1568
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1568: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » The Edict of Torda prohibited the persecution of individuals on religious ground in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
- March 23 » The Peace of Longjumeau is signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion.
- May 13 » Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
- May 23 » Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
- July 21 » Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
- October 20 » The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
Same birth/death day
- 1491 » Innocenzo Cybo, Catholic cardinal († 1550)
- 1509 » Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman († 1572)
- 1530 » Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler († 1584)
- 1540 » Lady Catherine Grey, English noblewoman († 1568)
- 1561 » Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician († 1632)
- 1605 » Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble († 1638)
- 1504 » Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1438)
- 1540 » Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)
- 1592 » Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)
- 1596 » Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
- 1629 » Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)
- 1638 » Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
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