Biography of Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham 1550-1603

On 21st May 1545 [her father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon [aged 19] and [her mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon [aged 16] were married.

Around 1550 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham was born to [her father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon [aged 23] and [her mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon [aged 21].

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

On 3rd March 1564 [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 28] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 14] at Effingham, Surrey [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 30] was her Godmother. She married (1) Robert Southwell and had issue (2) 1604 her half fifth cousin John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick, son of Robert Stewart 1st Earl Orkney and Jean Kennedy Countess Orkney.

Before 1572 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 21] was appointed First Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 38].

On 12th January 1573 [her father-in-law] William Howard 1st Baron Howard [aged 63] died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. He was buried at Reigate, Surrey [Map]. His son [her husband] Charles [aged 37] succeeded 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 23] by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.

On 29th December 1574 [her brother] George Carey 2nd Baron Hunsdon [aged 27] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Spencer Baroness Hunsdon and Eure [aged 22] were married.

On 4th November 1576 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Marquess Winchester, 3rd Earl Wiltshire, 3rd Baron St John. [her sister-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Winchester.

On 20th December 1576 [her brother] John Carey 3rd Baron Hunsdon [aged 26] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Hyde Baroness Hunsdon [aged 22] were married.

On 27th December 1577 [her son] William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 41] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 27]. He married 7th February 1597 his third cousin Anne St John Lady Effingham, daughter of John St John 2nd Baron St John and Katherine Dormer Baroness St John Bletso, and had issue.

On 17th September 1579 [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 43] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 29]. He married (1) 19th May 1597 Charity White (2) 22nd April 1620 Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham, daughter of William Cockayne and Mary Morris Countess Dover.

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, [her husband] Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham [aged 45], for £1000. Howard then transferred his wardship to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 61].

In 1582 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 42] and [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Hertford [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 85]. They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1584 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 17] and [her sister] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton were married. They were third cousins.

In 1587 [her son-in-law] Admiral Richard Leveson [aged 17] and Margaret Howard were married. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 51] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 37]. They were sixth cousins.

In 1589 [her son-in-law] Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare [aged 27] and Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 53] and 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.

In 1590 Robert "The Elder" Peake [aged 39]. Portrait of Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 40].

On 13th June 1592 Henry Scrope 9th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 58] died at Carlisle, Cumberland [Map]. His son [her brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 25] succeeded 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton. [her sister] Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.

On 20th August 1593 [her brother] Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth [aged 33] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth [aged 30] were married.

On 7th February 1597 William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham [aged 19] and Anne St John Lady Effingham [aged 22] were married. He the son of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 61] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 47]. They were third cousins.

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 [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Nottingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 47] by marriage Countess Nottingham.

On 14th May 1598 [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Hertford [aged 44] died.

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

On 18th November 1601 [her sister-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester [aged 66] died.

On 25th February 1603 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 [her former husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 67] and 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.

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

[her daughter] Margaret Howard was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham. She married 1587 her sixth cousin Admiral Richard Leveson.

[her daughter] Frances Howard Countess Kildare was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham. She married (1) 1589 her fifth cousin once removed Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare, son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare, and had issue (2) 1601 her third cousin once removed Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham, son of William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham and Frances Newton Baroness Cobham.

[her daughter] Joan Howard was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.