Biography of Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham 1579-1642

In July 1563 [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 27] and [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 13] were married. They were half first cousin twice removed.

On 17th September 1579 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham was born to [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 43] and [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 29].

On 4th October 1581 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton [aged 36] died. His son Henry [aged 7] succeeded 3rd Earl of Southampton. His wardship was sold by the Queen to her kinsman, [his father] Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham [aged 45], for £1000. Howard then transferred his wardship to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 61].

In 1589 [his brother-in-law] Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare [aged 27] and [his sister] Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 53] and [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 39]. He the son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare [aged 53]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 19th May 1597 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham [aged 17] and Charity White were married. He the son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 61] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 47].

On 22nd October 1597 [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Nottingham. [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 47] by marriage Countess Nottingham.

In 1601 [his brother-in-law] Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 36] and [his sister] Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 65] and [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 51]. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1603 William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham [aged 25] by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. Since he predeceased his father some do not include him in the Barons Howard of Effingham hence his younger brother Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham [aged 23] is also referred to as the 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham.

On 25th February 1603 [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 53] died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25th April 1603.

In September 1603 [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 67] and [his step-mother] Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. The difference in their ages was 55 years. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1604 [his brother-in-law] John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick [aged 38] and [his sister] Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick [aged 39] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 68] and [his mother] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Earl Orkney [aged 71] and Jean Kennedy Countess Orkney. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18th December 1618 [his wife] Charity White died.

On 22nd April 1620 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham [aged 40] and Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. She the daughter of William Cockayne [aged 59] and Mary Morris Countess Dover [aged 55]. He the son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 84] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.

On 14th December 1624 [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 88] died. His son Charles [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. [his wife] Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.

Before 30th June 1627 [his half-brother] Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham [aged 16] and [his sister-in-law] Arabella Smith Countess Nottingham were married. He the son of [his father] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and [his step-mother] Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham [aged 36].

In 1628 [his sister] Frances Howard Countess Kildare died.

In 1628 [his former brother-in-law] John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick was created 1st Earl Carrick. [his sister] Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick [aged 63] by marriage Countess Carrick.

On 3rd October 1642 Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham [aged 63] died. His half brother [his half-brother] Charles [aged 31] succeeded 3rd Earl Nottingham, 4th Baron Howard of Effingham. [his sister-in-law] Arabella Smith Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.