Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk
Catherine Knyvet (1564 - 1633?) was born in Charlton, Wiltshire.
She was the daughter of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton and Elizabeth Stumpe. Her half-brother was Sir Thomas Knyvet who foiled the gunpowder plot.
She married, firstly, Richard, son of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich, and grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich and secondly, Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk.
In 1619 she suffered from smallpox "which spoiled that good face of hers, which had brought to other much misery and to herself greatness which ended with much unhappiness."
She had fourteen children:
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (13 August 1582 – 3 June 1640) married: Elizabeth Hume had issue
- Elizabeth Howard (c. 1583 - 17 April 1658) married: (1) William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury had issue (2) Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (some say that Elizabeth's and William's children were illegitimate)
- Sir Robert Howard (1584–1653) married: Catherine Nevill
- Gertrude Howard (born c. 1585)[1]
- Sir William Howard (1586 – bef. 1672)
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) married: Elizabeth Cecil had issue
- Catherine Howard (c.1588–1673) married: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury had issue
- Emily Howard (born 1589)[1]
- Frances Howard (31 May 1590–1632) married: (1) Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (2) Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset had issue
- Sir Charles Howard (1591–1622), married Mary Fitzjohn and had issue
- Henry Howard (1592–1616), married Elizabeth Bassett and had issue
- John Howard (1593–1595)[1]
- Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 24 April 1675)
- Margaret Howard, (c.1599 - 1608)
Notes
- ^ a b c "Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk". http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasHoward(1ESuffolk).htm. Retrieved 2006-12-30.