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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 September 1576

Death Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England

Father: Geoffrey Canterbury

Mother: Constance Packenham

Spouse(s): Sir KG

Children(s): Walter Hastings

In 1511, Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift entered the world in Montacute, Somerset, England, born to Geoffrey Pole Archbishop Canterbury And Constance Packenham. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Sir Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon Kg, and had children including Walter Hastings. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, 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 Geoffrey Pole Archbishop Canterbury And Constance Packenham.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Sir Francis Hastings 2Nd Earl Of Huntingdon Kg, and had children including Walter Hastings.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift passed away in 1576 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Swift's Ancestors

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Lady Swift
1511–1576
Birth Place: Montacute, Somerset, England
Parents
Geoffrey Pole, Archbishop Canterbury
1501–1558
Lordington, Sussex, England
Constance Packenham
1500–1570
Of, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Sir (Henry, 1st Lord Montague De La) Pole
1492–1539
Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Lady (Jane Baroness Montagu De) Neville
1481–1539
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Sir (Edmund) Packenham
1460–1528
Lordington House, Sussex county, England
Anne (de) Clement
1459–1510
Penshurst, Kent county, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Swift's Descendants

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Lady (Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings) Swift (1511–23 September 1576) m. Sir (Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon) KG (April 1514–1561)
  1. 1. Walter Hastings 1544–1616 m. Stevenson, (Jas., Esq. (Hastings), Lady Dorothy George) Roper 1548–1619 m. Joyce Hastings 1548–1619
    1. 1. John Hastings 1582–1666 m. Elizabeth Fettiplace 1583–1634
      1. 1. John (Hastings) Deacon 1603–1657 m. Anne Means 1606–1666 m. Anne (Means) Mrs 1606–1615 m. Elizabeth Gaunt 1612–1642
        1. 1. John (Seaborn Hastings) n 1643–1720 m. Lydia (Champney) n 1643–1691

Lady Swift's Timeline

3 Records

1510
1510
Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift was married in England, England, United Kingdom
England, England, United Kingdom
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 September 1576
Age 65
Death of Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift in Ashby, Leicestershire, England
Ashby, Leicestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Montacute, Somerset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: England, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1576
    Event Place: Ashby, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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