Family tree Van Koert » Catherine Grey (1540-1568)

Personal data Catherine Grey 


Household of Catherine Grey

(1) She is married to Henry Lord Herbert, Earl van Pembroke.

They got married on May 21, 1553, she was 12 years old.

The couple were divorced in 1554.


(2) She is married to Edward Seymour, Earl van Hertford.

They got married November 1560, she was 20 years old.


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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.
    • July 9 » King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
    • 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.
    • August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
    • October 18 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

Day of marriage May 21, 1553

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1553: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 10 » Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
    • July 19 » Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
    • August 13 » Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
    • October 27 » Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
    • December 25 » Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

Day of death January 26, 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
    • May 2 » Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
    • 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 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
    • May 19 » Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
    • 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.


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