Catherine HOWARD

Abt 1523 - 1542  (~ 19 years)

• Name	Catherine HOWARD  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1523	Lambeth, London, England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Biographical Note	Her father's sister, Elizabeth Howard, was the mother of Anne Boleyn, making them 1st cousins. Catherine was also the 1st cousin, once removed, of Lady Elizabeth Tudor, future Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn's daughter by King Henry VIII. Catherine was also the 2nd cousin of Jane Seymour (Catherine's grandmother, Elizabeth Tilney, was the sister of Jane's grandmother, Anne Say).
  Reign2	Between Jul 1540 and Nov 1541  [3]
  	as Queen of England
  		Coat_of_Arms_of_Catherine_Howard.svg Coat of arms of Catherine Howard as queen consort. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  Death	13 Feb 1542	Tower of London, England, 51.508056,-0.076111   [2]
  	Catherine lost her title as queen on 23 November 1541, and imprisoned in Syon House, Middlesex, throughout the winter of 1541/42. She was taken to the Tower of London on 10 February 1542. She was beheaded for treason at 7:00 on 13th February 1542.
  		Tower_of_London Tower of London, England
  Burial	Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, London, Middlesex, England, 51.508611,-0.076944   [1]
  	the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula is close to the Tower of London. Catherine's body was buried in an unmarked grave, where the body of her cousin, Anne Boleyn, is also buried. Catherine's body was identified during restorations of the chapel during Queen Victoria's reign. She is commemorated on a plaque on the west wall dedicated to all of those who died in the Tower of London.
  Person ID	I97973	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Lord Edmund HOWARD,   b. Abt 1478   d. 19 Mar 1539 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper, of Oxon Hoath,   b. Abt 1480   d. 1531 (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F24312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King Henry VIII TUDOR, King of England,   b. 28 Jun 1491, Greenwich Palace, Kent, England d. 28 Jan 1547, Palace of Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England, 51.504444,-0.125556 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1540	Oatlands Palace, Surrey, England   [3, 4]
  	when Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves was annulled on 9 July 1540 rumours persisted that Catherine was pregnant by Henry. No issue.
  Family ID	F24311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Catherine Howard Catherine Howard (c1521-1542), fifth wife of King Henry VIII.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4350] Wikipedia - Catherine Howard, 4350. (Reliability: 3). [S4350] Wikipedia - Catherine Howard, 4350. (Reliability: 2). [S19280] Wikipedia - Catherine Howard. [S4339] Wikipedia - Henry VIII Tudor, 4339. (Reliability: 2).