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Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift 1511–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Montacute Somerset, England

Death Date: 23 Sep 1576

Death Location: Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England

Father: Henry Montagu

Mother: Jane Pole

Spouse(s): Sir garter, Francis Huntingdon

Children(s): Lady Somerset

In 1511, Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift entered the world in Montacute Somerset, England, born to Henry Pole 1St Baron Montagu And Jane Baroness Montagu Neville De La Pole. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon, Sir Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon Knight Of The Garter, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Alice Hastings Countess Of Worcester Somerset. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1511, Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift entered the world in Montacute Somerset, England, born to Henry Pole 1St Baron Montagu And Jane Baroness Montagu Neville De La Pole.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon, Sir Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon Knight Of The Garter, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Alice Hastings Countess Of Worcester Somerset.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Montagu
1490–1539
Birth Location: Ellesborough, Wycombe District, Buckinghamshire, England
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Jane Pole
1481–1539
Birth Location: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
JP

Spouses(s)

Sir garter
1514–1567
Birth Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England
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Francis Huntingdon
1514–1561
Birth Location: Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England
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Children(s)

Lady Somerset
1546–1621
Birth Location: Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
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Lady Swift's Ancestors

Self
Lady Swift
1511–1576
Birth Place: Montacute Somerset, England
Parents
Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu
1490–1539
Ellesborough, Wycombe District, Buckinghamshire, England
Jane (Baroness Montagu Neville De La) Pole
1481–1539
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard) Pole
1462–1505
Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Margaret (Plantagenet of York, Lady Pole, 8th Countess of) Salisbury
1473–1528
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England
George (Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny KG, PC, The Right Honourable, The Lord) Abergavenny
1469–1535
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Lady (Eleanor Joan FitzAlan of Arundel , 1st wife of George Neville 5th Baron) Bergavenny
1473–1508
Arundel, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir II
1470–1531
Lady Dynham
1486–1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Swift's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings) Swift (1511–23 Sep 1576) m. Sir (Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon Knight of the) garter (23 Apr 1514–25 Jan 1567) m. Francis (Hastings\ 2nd Earl of) Huntingdon (23 Apr 1514–1561)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Alice Hastings, Countess of Worcester,) Somerset 1546–1621 m. Edward (Somerset\ 4th Earl of) Worchester 1550–1628
    1. 1. Katherine Somerset 1575–1624 m. Sir (William Petre\ I, Baron Petre of Writtle, MP Essex) Petre 1575–1637
      1. 1. Mary (Petre, Baroness) Teynham 1600–1640 m. John (Roper, 3rd Baron Roper of) Teynham. 1591–1628
        1. 1. Francis (William) Roper 1623–1692 m. Ann Walker 1627–1702

Lady Swift's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift in Montacute Somerset, England
Montacute Somerset, England
1576
23 Sep 1576
Age 65
Death of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift in Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England
Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Montacute Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Sep 1576
    Event Place: Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England
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