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Lady Katherine Grey

1540 - 1568

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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, 1st Earl of Hertford. Arrested after the Queen was informed of their clandestine marriage, Katherine (as Lady Hertford) lived in captivity until her death, having borne two sons in the Tower of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lady Katherine Grey is the 186th most popular nobleman (up from 837th in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,136th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Lady Katherine Grey ranks 186 out of 1,415. Before her are Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Beatrice d'Este, Leotychidas, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Robert Curthose, and Princess Augusta of Bavaria. After her are Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Ramesses VII, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Daniel of Moscow, and Maximilian Sforza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Lady Katherine Grey ranks 7. Before her are Francis Drake, François Viète, Ludolph van Ceulen, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, John Sigismund Zápolya, and Joseph Justus Scaliger. After her are Maharana Pratap, Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, and Paschal Baylón. Among people deceased in 1568, Lady Katherine Grey ranks 5. Before her are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Elisabeth of Valois, Albert, Duke of Prussia, and Jean Parisot de Valette. After her are Jacques Arcadelt, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lady Katherine Grey ranks 688 out of 8,785. Before her are William Dampier (1651), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), Roger Glover (1945), Æthelflæd (869), Thomas Fairfax (1612), and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810). After her are John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Robert Smith (1959), Deborah Kerr (1921), Tristan (535), and Stanley Rous (1895).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Lady Katherine Grey ranks 30. Before her are Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146), Jasper Tudor (1431), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), and Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882). After her are Cynegils (575), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893).

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