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Frances Brandon 1517–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Northumberland, England

Father: Charles Suffolk

Mother: Mary France

Spouse(s): Henry Suffolk, Adrian Stokes

Children(s): Lady Grey, Katherine Grey, Mary Grey

The story of Frances Brandon began in 1517 in Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England. Frances Brandon married Adrian Stokes, Henry Grey Duke Of Suffolk, and had children including Elizabeth Stokes, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Grey. Frances Brandon passed away in 1559 in Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Frances Brandon began in 1517 in Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England.
  • Frances Brandon married Adrian Stokes, Henry Grey Duke Of Suffolk, and had children including Elizabeth Stokes, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Grey.
  • Frances Brandon passed away in 1559 in Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Frances Brandon's Ancestors

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Frances Brandon
1517–1559
Birth Place: Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England
Parents
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
1484–1545
Bishops Lynn, Norfolk, England
Mary (Rose Tudor, Queen Of) France
1496–1533
Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
Grandparents
Henry (VII (The 1st Tudor) Tudor, King of England, Lord of) Richmond
1457–1509
Pembroke Castle, England
Elizabeth (Plantagenet of) York
1465–1503
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Lady Lancaster
1441–1509
Edward England
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Owen Tudor
1385–1460
Catherine Valois
1401–1437
John Somerset
1404–1444
Margaret Beauchamp
1410–1492
Richard Plantagenet
1411–1460
Lady Plantagenet
1415–1495
Sir England
1410–1469
Jacquetta Bedford
1416–1472

Frances Brandon's Descendants

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Frances Brandon (1517–1559) m. Henry (Grey, Duke of) Suffolk (1517–1554) m. Adrian Stokes (–1581)
  1. 1. Lady (Jane) Grey 1537–1554 m. Guilford Dudley 1536–1554
  2. 2. Katherine Grey 1543–1568 m. Henry Herbert 1535–1601
    1. 1. Thomas Seymour 1563–1600
    2. 2. Edward Seymour 1561–1612
  3. 3. Mary Grey 1543–1578 m. Thomas Keyes 1545–1572

Frances Brandon's Timeline

4 Records

1517
16 Jul 1517
Birth of Frances Brandon in Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England
Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England
1517
1517
Birth of Frances Brandon
None
1559
20 Nov 1559
Age 42
Death of Frances Brandon in Northumberland, England
Northumberland, England
1559
1559
Age 42
Death of Frances Brandon
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1517
    Event Place: Bishop's Hatfield, Hartfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1559
    Event Place: Northumberland, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559

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