There had been a couple of voices in favour of Margaret, Lady Lennox who was the grand-daughter of Henry VII by Margaret Tudor’s second marriage to Archibald Douglas, the earl of Angus. Thus, after Lady Jane Seymour died of tuberculosis in 1561, Katherine was unable to prove that they had ever been married. In his case he was the queen’s treasurer for many years ands extended family benefited from his patronage. She had revealed as much when she thought she was dying of small pox. He also had a daughter Anne who was married to Arthur Hopton. Katherine (also spelled Catherine) was born in 1540 to Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey. Not only that of course but it soon became clear that Seymour was behaving inappropriately by romping with Princess Elizabeth. The rest, as they say, is history. Dudley retaliated by flirting with Elizabeth’s cousin Lettice Knollys who was pregnant with her son Robert at the time. With the help of her mother Frances, the two sisters were soon back at court. This in its turn might suggest why the daughter rather than the father arrived in London. She stayed there until November 1564, when she was transferred to the charge of Sir William Petre. It’s hard to feel any sympathy for Henry Grey. [27] This rendered the children illegitimate and thereby ineligible as successors to the throne. [14] The Earl of Hertford provided his wife with a document that would, in the event of his death, enable her to prove the marriage and inherit his property,[15] but apparently Katherine lost the document. Elizabeth was not amused and told Dudley that just as she had raised him, she could equally as well lower him. Back to Ferdinando. At the same time as the Grey girls acquired husbands the duke of Northumberland’s daughter, also called Katherine and not yet twelve years old, married Henry Hastings, son of  the earl of Hastings – another man with Plantagenet blood threading through his veins. Philip II took it as evidence that the queen loved Robert Dudley. There was also a handy little grant of £2000 a year. Summary of the story so far : Lady Jane Grey became Queen of England after the death of Edward VI but she only served for nine short days. To all intents and purposes he does not appear desperately interesting, until that is he became embroiled involved with Sir Thomas Seymour at the beginning of Edward VI’s reign. Whilst Frances and their two  younger daughters returned to court where they were welcomed by Queen Mary, Suffolk having paid a fine made disgruntled noises about the prospect of a return to Catholicism. Elsewhere it is pointed out that Elizabeth is known to have spoken of her mother only twice in her lifetime but it would also have to be said that if as Alison Weir suggests a youthful Elizabeth can be seen wearing her mother’s famous pearls in the Whitehall family group portrait along with a pendant that looks suspiciously like the letter A then she did indeed feel a closeness to her mother which History can only speculate upon. Bergmans, Simone. Bess of Hardwick was also imprisoned, as Elizabeth had become convinced (not without reason) that the marriage was part of a wider conspiracy against the Crown. circa 1562. He married Alice Spencer of Althorp in Northamptonshire in 1579 who after her husband’s death became involved in a legal tangle with her brother-in-law over what was rightfully hers. Cétait la sœur cadette de Lady Jeanne Grey, et laînée de Lady Marie Grey. His eldest daughter paid with her life. Of course, he didn’t. The title, the property and presumably the ring passed by entail to the next eligible male in the Home family tree. By Christmas 1565 Dudley was back at court but he couldn’t resist sniping at Heneage or threatening to beat him with a stick. On the 9th July 1553 Suffolk together with the privy council declared Jane queen. He then left her to face the music. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. Dudley challenged the queen and she was apparently “much annoyed.” Dudley took himself off in high dudgeon, locked himself in his room for four days and then quarrelled with the queen further who was “cold with him.”. Somehow or the other Suffolk managed to avoid being  incarcerated in the Tower and having the key  to his cell thrown into the Thames. Dr Starkey observed, at the time he curated the exhibition in the National Maritime Museum where the ring was first displayed, it is likely to be an image of Anne because despite the fact that Elizabeth knew her mother for only a very short time she was likely to be a huge influence on her daughter’s life. Edward VI died on 6 July 1553. It seems a shame though that although we have heard of Hans Holbein and Nicholas Hilliard that Levina is not so well remembered in popular memory. Even if he was fairly nondescript as a politician or a military commander his role as head of the family of female Tudors made him important in the Tudor political world so it is fairly unsurprising that Dudley made him duke of Suffolk following the death of his father-in-law and two young  half-brothers-in-law. Alexander Home was the second Earl of Home. It has been suggested that it was Edward Seymour who gave the queen the gift in a bid to soften her up after he ran off and married Katherine Grey in 1560. Katherine was removed to the care of her uncle, Sir John Grey, at Pirgo. A possible clue as to where the ring comes from is the fact that there’s an image of a phoenix painted in enamel on the underside of the bezel. Leicester and Coventry turned him away. Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire. London: Bloomsbury. [citation needed], There, Lady Katherine died fourteen days later on 26 January 1568 at the age of twenty-seven of consumption. [3], Through their grandmother, the Grey sisters had a close claim in the line of succession to the English throne. It is possible that the majority of her work was destroyed in the Whitehall fire. Through their grandmother, the Grey sisters had a claim to the English throne. Free Background Profile Found - Katherine Tudor. Katherine then went to her brother-in-law, Robert Dudley. She was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and older sister of Lady Mary Grey. [4], Some time before August 1552, Katherine Grey was betrothed to Henry, Lord Herbert, heir apparent to William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The body of the ring is lined with rubies. Ferdinando Stanley (1559-1594), Lord Strange associated with the likes of Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare as well as the poet Edmund Spenser. She was born at Bradgate Park in the vicinity of Leicester. At that time Cecil had favoured Henry VIII’s will which would have seen the crown handed to Lady Katherine Grey the sister of Lady Jane Grey. Cecil noted in his diary that the queen was “offended.”  Pregnant or not, Lettice was one of the most beautiful women in Elizabeth’s court and it was clear at this stage of the game of courtly love that whilst Elizabeth could have many favourites, they in their turn should look only to Elizabeth. Simon must have seen talent in his daughter just as Holbein’s father saw talent in him because Levina trained to be an artist under her father’s tuition in their home town of Bruges. He died in unexplained circumstances on 16th April 1594 having been taken suddenly and severely ill with vomiting. letter of Catherine Grey to Edward Seymour, 1562. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former Queen consort of France. Elizabeth had successfully illegitimised the two sons of Lady Katherine Grey although they were permitted to inherit their father’s estates and ultimately their father Edward Seymour found the priest who had performed the marriage ceremony for him and Katherine. Katherine Grey's maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor ( formerly Queen Consort of France) , youngest surviving daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York . Now as queen she was determined not to name her successor despite the fact that there had already been a succession crisis during the seven days when her privy councillors had feared for her life in 1561 when she had small pox. Grey, attainted of treason,  went to his death grieving for his daughter who was executed along with her husband on the 12th. Jane and her family were imprisoned in the Tower of London. This view is supported by Tracey Borman in The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen. Elizabeth, perhaps eager to remind Dudley that he wasn’t as important as all that started to pay a great deal of attention to  married courtier -Thomas Heneage – so no possible thoughts of matrimony there. The plot was betrayed by Edward Courtenay, earl of Devonshire, who also happened to have quite a lot of Plantagenet blood and who Wyatt thought would make a better royal spouse. She died September 1580 in Glenurchy, Argyllshire, Scotland. It should also be noted, I think, that this image is the first well-known secular image of a mother and child in the brave new Protestant world of Tudor England. Lady Catherine Grey (parfois épelée Katherine) (25 août 1540 - 26 janvier 1568), Comtesse dHertford, fut la seconde fille dHenry Grey, 1er duc de Suffolk et de Lady Frances Brandon. She may have even written a text on how to make a limning as these miniatures were known and trained Hilliard who gained prominence in the 1570s. There is also the possibility that since she did not sign her works some of the earlier ones have been ascribed to Holbein whilst the later ones may now be viewed as the work of Hilliard. In fact unlike Dudley or her next favourite Sir Christopher Hatton there were never any rumours of romance between the two of them. David Kathman, ‘Stanley, Ferdinando, fifth earl of Derby (1559?–1594)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26269, accessed 10 March 2017], by circle of Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. [10] Demoted when Elizabeth was declared heir, Lady Katherine's claim came to the fore again when Queen Elizabeth acceded to the English throne in November 1558. The marriage took place in May 1622 in Whitehall. On this day in history, 12th February 1554, Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed by being beheaded. She married Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and had seven children: Hesketh was swiftly arrested and executed although he is said to have told Ferdinando that if he didn’t agree to the plan he would find himself very dead soon afterwards. They are painted on vellum in the style of a manuscript artist. There may have been another wife but the sources are vague – if she was his wife,  Anne Blount was wife number two and Anne Devereux was number three. Robert C. Braddock, ‘Grey, Henry, duke of Suffolk (1517–1554)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11535, accessed 27 Feb 2017]. Mother of Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp; Thomas Seymour and Katherine Seymore. She was still there when Queen Mary I died and was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth I. [citation needed], After the birth of her second child in 1563, the enraged Queen ordered Katherine's permanent separation from her husband and elder son. He played at the top table of Tudor politics without having any real aptitude for the game. Catherine Dudley, No Plan Like Yours To Study History Wisely, The Chronicle of the Derbyshire Regiment With the Mighty Acts of Devonshire their Colonel and LW their Captain, Walter Fitz Urse, Walter de Tracey, Richard le Breton and Hugh de Moreville. It had the effect of making Robert Dudley jealous. Suffolk, as I shall now call him in line with his title, must have felt as though everything was falling into place when Northumberland persuaded Edward, who was seriously ill by the beginning of 1553, that it would be a good idea if his own son were to marry Lady Jane Grey and that she should be nominated heir to the throne given her protestant credentials. [9] Meanwhile, her sister Lady Jane Grey and her father the Duke of Suffolk had been executed in February 1554 after the suppression of Wyatt's Rebellion. [6] Lady Jane had been married to Northumberland's son, Lord Guildford Dudley, on 25 May 1553. He had  Protestant sympathies. He acquired lands in Northamptonshire forfeited by the Yorkist William Catesby. Hastings was very busy at that particular time back tracking as fast as he could. Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – c. 1475) was the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville. Posts about Lady Katherine Grey written by JuliaH. The next day he told Elizabeth everything he knew regarding Katherine and her pregnancy. When we think of Elizabethan miniatures we tend to think of the wonderfully Hilliard portraits with their stunning  azure backgrounds. [17] The Queen also disapproved of her choice of husband and, still unmarried, also feared that Katherine's ability to bear male offspring could possibly facilitate a rebellion in support of Katherine as queen. But more on that anon. As Dudley's room adjoined the Queen's chambers, he was afraid they might be overheard or that he might be caught with a visibly pregnant woman at his bedside, and tried to get rid of Katherine as soon as he could. Click to open the National Archives Currency converter to find out how much old money is worth at the turn of the twenty-first century. In the 1580s Lord Strange’s men performed in London and when Stanley’s father died and Ferdinando became the Earl of Derby the players became Derby’s Men. On March 16th 1565 it finally became clear that Elizabeth would not do this. 64, no. All that can be said with the clarity of hindsight  is that Grey was either extremely ambitious and took gambling to the extreme or that he was incredibly naive to believe that any of Seymour’s schemes would work. It was the last communication between the seventeen-year-old Jane and fourteen-year-old Catherine. With this in mind and perhaps on account of Henry’s rather sizeable gambling debts, Henry sold the wardship of his daughter to the king’s uncle and was drawn further and further into Seymour’s web. He wandered around looking magnificent whilst being short of cash. In 1545 she is seen in the official record with her husband dealing with  her father’s accounts suggesting that Simon may have died at this time. Katherine Grey's maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor ( formerly Queen Consort of France), youngest surviving daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Mary immediately abandoned Dudley’s proposal even though he’d been given a title, Kenilworth Castle and many lands. 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. However, ownership aside, the Chequers Ring bears the letters E for Elizabeth and R for Regina in diamonds and blue enamel. Family and claim to the Throne []. Rumours spread that it was the work of Jesuits. [20] Sir Edward Warner, Lieutenant of The Tower, permitted secret visits between Katherine and Edward. Northumberland was binding his party together through promises of power and through the traditional medium of marriage. When he died in 1530 it is perhaps not surprising that young Henry found his wardship in the hands of Brandon. She received £150 after the death of Mary Tudor suggesting that although she was much loved by the queen that her salary hadn’t always been paid. David’s grandson Owen – son of Anne Hopton turns up in the history books as the last custodian of Lady Katherine Grey at Cockfield Hall in Suffolk. It is now thought that the ring that Robert carried was not necessarily one given to the queen by James VI of Scotland but more probably the so-called Chequers Ring that ended up in Lord Lee’ hands in 1919 having travelled from Elizabeth to James and then to Lord Lee via the Home family. Her parents were disappointed that she … She was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and older sister of Lady Mary Grey. Breverton, Terry. Ferdinando, clearly a sensible man, rejected the idea out of hand and very swiftly found someone in authority to tell recognizing that Cecil who’d learned of a plot in Rome would probably find out about Stanley having a chat to a conspirator. He left her a silver cup. His links to the crown mad whim a suitable match for a girl of royal blood – Frances’ mother was, after all, Princess Mary or the French Queen as she was known during her lifetime. At one point the Queen was apparently contemplating Lady Katherine Grey as a potential Protestant heir, with rumours of a possible adoption, but any such development was terminated upon Lady Katherine's clandestine marriage to Lord Hertford. James, Susan E. (2009)  The Feminine Dynamic in English Art 1485-1603, Aldershot: Ashgate. He had three sons with wife number one Jasper, Henry and Roger demonstrating that the Tudor difficulty of producing male heirs didn’t stem from Owen. Lady Katherine Percy Her maternal grandparents were Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort, a legitimized daughter of John of Gaunt. History knows that he graduated from Oxford University at the age of twelve and was then summoned by his distant cousin Queen Elizabeth to court as a squire so that he could learn ‘good manners’ and presumably so that she could keep an eye on him. [citation needed], During the first phase of Queen Mary's reign, Lady Katherine was senior heir-in-line to the throne as Mary was yet unmarried and her younger sister Elizabeth was regarded as illegitimate. Perhaps for this reason he was appointed to the privy council in 1549 after the fall of the duke of Somerset. Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Katherine Grey,[1][2] was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. One of the portraits is unquestionably Elizabeth in her middle years. In 1551 he became a warden of the marches but didn’t really seem to know what to do. [7] When Lady Jane's accession to the throne failed, Henry's father sought to distance himself from the Grey family by separating his son from Lady Katherine and seeking the annulment of the marriage;[8] Lord Pembroke achieved this in 1554 when Archbishop Cranmer declared the marital union as having never been consummated. Teerlinc in her turn was followed by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac  Oliver. David Owen made his own will in 1529. If only it was that simple. The portrait of  Elizabeth dates form the 1570s by which time Katherine was dead. But by 1571 the two men had set their differences aside. Perhaps it helped that Thomas’s first wife had been a friend of Elizabeth’s. I also love the fact that she was paid more than Holbein. What saved his bacon was his skill at jousting and his friendship with Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. Mary Tudor also had a claim to the throne and she had the people on her side. The baronet also gave orders as to what his tomb should look like and which wife should have her effigy next to his. Alexander would marry again but did not have any children. Indeed, it may be that as a woman in Mary and then Elizabeth Tudor’s household that women were more able to sit for their portraits. Nov 29, 2013 - Tomb of Edward Seymour and his wife, Lady Katherine Grey, sister of Jane Grey. Lady Katherine Countess DeGrey was born about 1516 in Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England, daughter of Sir Lord Thomas II Grey Lieutenant General of the English Army Knight of Bath Knight of the Garter Lieutenant of the Order of the Garter, Privy Councillor, 9th Baron Ferrers of Groby, and Lady Margaret (GGW13GA) Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness Grey. Suffolk thought that as a leading gentleman of the Midlands that he could raise support for a rebellion. There were other children including a further daughter, Barbara who is also mentioned in her father’s will– as is her illegitimate state. Not being an art historian I couldn’t comment. For two years she was in his custody, and probably resided at Ingatestone Hall; then she was removed to the care of Sir John Wentworth (a kinsman of Petre's first wife) at Gosfield Hall, and after seventeen months' confinement there was taken to Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, in Suffolk. [21] While imprisoned in the Tower, Katherine gave birth to two sons: In 1562, the marriage was annulled and the Seymours were censured as fornicators for "carnal copulation" by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Levina started work for Henry VIII and in the twenty-first century in an era when we are still talking about the “pay gap” it’s worth noting that such was her repute as an artist was such that her pay was more than that of Holbein who had recently died and vacated the position of court artist. Both women married Seymour men without the permission of the Queen. 374, 1934, pp. There was also the underlying factor that whilst Elizabeth had no children her dynasty was insecure and that Mary was a potential claimant to the throne – albeit a Catholic one. Unsurprisingly he was one of Henry VII’s chief mourners in 1509. From 1563 onwards Elizabeth had sought to control Anglo-Scottish relations by offering Robert Dudley as a potential husband to Mary with the carefully worded caveat that if Mary took Dudley as her husband that she would be named as Elizabeth’s heir. Lady Kinloss was the Tudor claimant to the English throne, as she was ‘the surviving descendant of Lady Jane Grey’s sister Lady Catherine.’ The Telegraph – Obituary This entry was posted in Lady Katherine Grey . Both women were potential heirs to Queen Elizabeth I. The episode is referred to as the Hesketh Plot and the whole episode described in detail by John Stowe, the Tudor historian. The portrait of her is inscribed with "The La Kathe'/ Graye. Biography. He is buried in Ormskirk. The miniatures themselves are a bit different from Holbein’s portraits. Lady Katherine Percy (18 May 1423 – c. 1475) was the daughter of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville. In one of the strange twists of history, their grandson followed in the recklessly romantic footsteps of Charles Brandon and Mary Rose Tudor, Edward Seymour and Lady Katherine Grey. Both women were imprisoned for their foolish behavior and both died probably of … So far so straight forward – except of course Ferdinando was the two times great grandson of Henry VII. Lady Catherine Grey (also "Katherine") ( 25 August 1540 - 26 January 1568), Countess of Hertford, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and a cousin of Elizabeth I of England. They were designed to be given as gifts that could be worn, often tucked out of sight. He found that his credentials were suspect under the new Tudor regime not least because of his suspected conspiracy in the Lambert Simnel affair. He and his wife were responsible for keeping the increasingly ill Katherine confined and then organizing the quazi- princess’s funeral with a budget of £140 sent from London for the purpose. It should be noticed that she is wearing a ribbon round her neck from which a glimpse of another miniature can be seen – of her husband Edward Seymour. It is as such is is most commonly remembered and written about. Not only that but Elizabeth used the image of the phoenix on more that one occasion to give the idea of herself as the phoenix rising from the ashes of her mother’s death. Mary was the daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York and the younger sister of Henry VIII of England . Visiting his bedroom in the middle of the night, she explained her dilemma. Double click on the effigy of David Owen to find out more about the church where he is buried – without an effigy of any of his wives by his side. However, he did have daughters and England does not have salic laws preventing a woman from inheriting the throne (I bet the Grey sisters and Lady Margaret Stanley all wished there was a salic law by the time Cousin Elizabeth had done with them.) Unfortunately Stanley’s hopes of being rewarded for his loyalty were ill-founded. She was a hostage and Mary’s pro-catholic council, featuring amongst its number men who’d made her queen, were looking for an excuse to end her life. http://under-these-restless-skies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/anne-boleyns-initial-pendants.html. For reasons best known to themselves, even after they’d heard the rumours Jane’s parent allowed her to remain in Seymour’s care. Queen Elizabeth imprisoned Lady Katherine in the Tower of London, where Edward Seymour (Lord Hertford) was sent to join her on his return to England. They were preceded in the line of succession only by Henry VIII's three children – Prince Edward, Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth – and the descendants of Princess Margaret, the elder daughter of Henry VII and Queen Consort of Scotland, after 1542 represented by Mary, Queen of Scots. 1565 was a trying year for Elizabeth I. Levina died on 26 June 1576 when she was about sixty-six. He was also one of the twelve knights who held the coronation canopy for Elizabeth of York. She did refer to him as a beloved father and there is no evidence of any untoward behaviour on Seymour’s part. Katherine Grey's maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor (formerly Queen Consort of France), youngest surviving daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. She was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and older sister of Lady Mary Grey. This image of Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney is painted in water-colour in vellum but rather than being mounted on ivory or precious metal the image is stiffened by playing cards. Suffolk realising the game was up thought that it would be sensible to leave rather rapidly…he wasn’t terribly good at being a fugitive either. Catherine Seymour (Grey), Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Catherine Grey, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. Find the perfect lady catherine grey stock photo. Lady Katherine Grey (August 1540 – 26 January 1568) was the sister to Lady Jane Grey and Lady Mary Grey.Her mother was Lady Frances Brandon and Henry Grey, who were Marquess and Marchioness of Dorset and later Duke and Duchess of Suffolk.. Life. Lady Jane Grey and her younger sister: Part II. According to the Letters Patent of 21 June 1553, Lady Katherine was to be second in the line of succession behind her sister and heirs-male. Ferdinando’d been earl for less than a year and he had no male heirs other than his brother who now became the sixth Earl of Derby. [29], The following chart illustrates Lady Katherine Grey's relationship to the House of Tudor and other claimants to the English throne. He should have realized from the fate of his mother and her cousins that Elizabeth would not look kindly on a possible candidate for her crown. Owen, a Tudor cousin- albeit a distant one- when all was said and done to both Lady Katherine Grey and to Queen Elizabeth, went on to become Lieutenant of the Tower of London between 1570 and 1590 as well as being a member of parliament. Lady Katherine was born at Bradgate Park, near Leicester, the second surviving daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, by his marriage to Lady Frances Brandon. His father also called Alexander. Borman, Tracey. However, by that time the Privy Council headed up by the Cecil family had identified Mary Queen of Scots’ son, James VI of Scotland, as Elizabeth’s heir and Elizabeth’s tacit agreement with this meant that other contenders for the throne ceased to have such political importance unless someone European started evolving plots to put them on the throne – poor Arbella Stuart is a case in point- and it should also be added that Lord Burghley (Cecil) arranged for the marriage of his granddaughter to the new earl of Derby demonstrating that intrigue, politics and marriage went hand in hand during the Tudor period. Immediate Family: Daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset and Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk. Katherine’s maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Tudor, the youngest surviving sister of King Henry VIII; this gave Katherine, and her two siblings, Jane and Mary, a claim to the English throne through their grandmother. Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk – father of Lady Jane Grey. As it was his mother was dead as were his cousins the three Grey sisters, Jane, Katherine and Mary. There was the small matter of persuading Jane that it was a good idea but it was effectively a done deal with the marriage being celebrated in May 1553 along with the nuptials of Jane’s younger sister Lady Katherine Grey to William Herbert, heir of the earl of Pembroke on the same day. They sent a man named Richard Hesketh who had links with the Stanley family. Suffolk panicked and scarpered home to Bradgate where the locals showed a determined line in being loyal to the Crown. It was Levina who painted the miniature of Lady Katherine Grey and her son (above). [30], Prospective royal heir under Mary and Elizabeth, She signed her own name Katherine (see Leanda de Lisle's The Sisters Who Would be Queen). Lady Catherine Grey (sometimes spelled "Katherine") ( 25 August 1540 - 26 January 1568), Countess of Hertford, was the second surviving daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances Brandon. Arbella was a descendant of Margaret Tudor, eldest sister of King Henry VIII. Seymour convinced Henry and Frances that he could arrange a marriage between their oldest surviving child, Lady Jane Grey, and the new king, young Edward VI. Levina was born in Flanders, the eldest of five daughters to Simon Benninck, a renowned illustrator of manuscripts. However before Hilliard there was a professional female artist who created some equally evocative images. She was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and elder sister of Lady Mary Grey. Unknown 356 Lady Katherine Grey and her son Lord Edward Beauchamp Portrait of Lady Katherine or Catherine Grey (25 August 1540 - 26 January 1568) and her son Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache (21 September 1561 – 21 July 1612).