Biography of Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham 1550-1603
Paternal Family Tree: Carey
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon 1529-1607
On 22 Jun 1528 [her grandfather] William Carey (age 28) died of sweating sickness. He was buried at Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire [Map].
On 19 Jul 1543 [her grandmother] Mary Boleyn (age 44) died. Her considerable wealth and properties were inherited by her two children from her first marriage [her aunt] Catherine Carey (age 19) and [her father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 17), and her second husband William Stafford (age 35).
On 21 May 1545 [her father] Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 19) and [her mother] Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 16) were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1550 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham was born to Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon (age 23) and Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon (age 21).
On 18 Sep 1562 [her grandfather] Thomas Morgan (age 67) died.
In Jul 1563 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 27) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 13) were married. They were half first cousin twice removed.
On 03 Mar 1564 [her daughter] Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 28) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 14) at Effingham, Surrey [Map]. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 30) was her Godmother.
Before 1572 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 21) was appointed First Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 38).
On 12 Jan 1573 [her father-in-law] William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 63) died at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map]. He was buried at Reigate, Surrey [Map]. His son [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 23) by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham.
On 04 Nov 1576 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester (age 66) died. His son William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester (age 44) succeeded 3rd Marquess Winchester, 3rd Earl Wiltshire, 3rd Baron St John. [her sister-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 41) by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 27 Dec 1577 [her son] William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 41) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 27).
On 17 Sep 1579 [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 43) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 29).
In 1582 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 42) and [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Hertford (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 85). He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1587 [her son-in-law] Admiral Richard Leveson (age 17) and [her daughter] Margaret Howard were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 51) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 37).
In 1590 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 39). Portrait of Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 40).
On 07 Feb 1597 [her son] William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne St John Lady Effingham (age 22) were married. He the son of [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47). They were third cousins.
On 19 May 1597 [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Charity White were married. He the son of [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47).
On 22 Oct 1597 [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 61) was created 1st Earl Nottingham. Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 47) by marriage Countess Nottingham.
On 14 May 1598 [her sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Hertford (age 44) died.
On 18 Nov 1601 [her sister-in-law] Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester (age 66) died.
On 25 Feb 1603 Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 53) died at Arundel House [Map]. She was buried in Chelsea Old Church on 25 Apr 1603.
In Sep 1603 [her former husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 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. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14 Dec 1624 [her former husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 88) died. His son [her son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. [her daughter-in-law] Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.
[her daughter] Joan Howard was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.
[her daughter] Frances Howard Countess Kildare was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.
[her daughter] Margaret Howard was born to Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Carey 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Orchard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Orchard
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Fulford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Fulford
GrandFather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset 
Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Tilney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Morgan
Mother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon