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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 ...
Nov 8, 2022 · She ordered that Katherine and her husband be removed immediately from the Tower and sent to different places of imprisonment, many miles apart. She also levied the colossal fine of £15,000 on Seymour (equivalent to £3.5 million today). Image: Katherine Grey and her son, Edward Seymour. Courtesy of Syon House.
Of course, exceptions prove the rule so let’s examine the marriage in 1560 of Katherine Grey and Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. You decide whether it was a love match or not. Katherine was the granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister Mary, confirmed by Parliament as the successor to the English throne after Elizabeth, who had become queen in ...
Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (1540 - 1568) with her son, Viscount Beauchamp (1561 - 1612) by Levina Teerlinc. Elizabeth, even more furious than before, had Hertford hauled before the Star Chamber to answer for his sins and he was fined £15,000 on three charges, including ‘ deflowering a virgin of the royal blood ’.
Lady Katherine Grey. 25th August 1540 is the date traditionally given for the birth of Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Frances (née Brandon), at Bradgate Park. Katherine was one of the sisters of Lady Jane Grey and was the wife of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford.
Seymour smoothly married his former sweetheart, Katherine Parr, the Queen Dowager. He also began a flirtation (to put it mildly) with his new wife’s stepdaughter, the Lady Elizabeth. He persuaded Dorset that, if Dorset’s elder daughter, Lady Jane, were committed to his care, he would be able to arrange a marriage between her and the king.
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Hertford died in 1621, having outlived Katherine by over 50 years. Their grandson had Katherine’s body exhumed, and she now rests, finally at Hertford’s side, in a grand tomb in Salisbury Cathedral. Tomb of Lady Katherine Grey and Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, in Salisbury Cathedral
