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Personal data Sir William Brooke 

  • He was born on November 1, 1527 in Kent, England.
  • He died on March 6, 1597 in London, Middlesex, England, he was 69 years old.
  • He is buried on April 5, 1596 in Cobham, Kent, England.

    Fout Attention: Buried (April 5, 1596) before death (March 6, 1597).

  • A child of George Brooke and Anne Braye
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Sir William Brooke

(1) He is married to Frances Newton of Cobham.

They got married before 1556 at Ripon, Yorkshire, England.


Child(ren):

  1. George Brooke  1550-1603 
  2. Elizabeth Brooke  ± 1562-1619
  3. Margaret Brooke  1563-1621
  4. Henry Brooke  1564-1619


(2) He had a relationship with Dorothy Neville.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Brooke

Thomas Brooke
1465-1529
Lady Dorothy Heydon, Baroness Cobham
1465-1566
Edmund Braye
1484-1539
Jane Halighwell
1486-1558
George Brooke
1497-1558
Anne Braye
1501-1558

William Brooke
1527-1597

(1) < 1556

Frances Newton of Cobham
1539-1592

George Brooke
1550-1603
Elizabeth Brooke
± 1562-1619
Margaret Brooke
1563-1621
Henry Brooke
1564-1619
(2) 

Dorothy Neville
1526-1559


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Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death March 6, 1597

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1597: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
    • August 17 » Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
    • October 4 » Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now Georgia.
    • October 26 » Imjin War: Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

Day of burial April 5, 1596

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1596: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 10 » Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
    • June 17 » The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
    • September 20 » Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
    • October 19 » The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities


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