What is katherine carey?

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Katherine Carey was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, who was the sister of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. She was born in around 1524 and married Sir Francis Knollys, a courtier, in 1540. Katherine and Francis had 16 children together, including Lettice Knollys, who became the wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I.

Katherine was known for her piety and charitable works, and was a close friend of Queen Elizabeth I. She was appointed as a Lady of the Bedchamber by Elizabeth and accompanied her on several of her royal progresses throughout England.

Katherine's granddaughter, Arabella Stuart, was a potential heir to the English throne and was briefly imprisoned by King James I when he perceived her as a potential threat to his reign.

Katherine Carey died on January 15, 1569, aged around 45, from an unknown illness. She is buried at St. Edmund’s Church in Wootton, Northamptonshire, England.