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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: Henry Pole

Mother: Jane Neville

Spouse(s): Francis Hastings

Children(s): Lady Hastings, Catherine Hastings, William Hastings, Edward Hastings, Walter Hastings, Henry None, Francis Hastings, George Huntington, Walter Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Mary Hastings, Francis Hastings, Elizabeth Worcester

In 1511, Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift entered the world in Montacute Somerset, England, born to Henry Lord Montagu Pole And Jane Neville. Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Francis Hastings, and had children including Catherine Hastings, Edward Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings Countess Of Worcester, Francis Hastings, George Hastings 4Th Earl Of Huntington, Henry, Lady Frances Ann Baroness Compton Hastings, Mary Hastings, Walter Hastings, William 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 Henry Lord Montagu Pole And Jane Neville.
  • Lady Katherine (Catherine) de la Pole, Countess of Huntingdon, Fortescue Hastings Swift married Francis Hastings, and had children including Catherine Hastings, Edward Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings Countess Of Worcester, Francis Hastings, George Hastings 4Th Earl Of Huntington, Henry, Lady Frances Ann Baroness Compton Hastings, Mary Hastings, Walter Hastings, William 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)

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Lady Swift's Ancestors

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Lady Swift
1511–1576
Birth Place: Montacute Somerset, England
Parents
Henry Lord Montagu Pole
1490–1539
Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Jane Neville
1481–1539
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
Grandparents
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. Francis Hastings (1514–20 June 1561)
  1. 1. Lady (Frances Ann (Baroness Compton)) Hastings 1533–1574 m. Henry Compton 1537–1589
    1. 1. Phylyce Compton 1553–1589
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Deering 1574–1630 m. Sir (Robert Richard Harrison) Watts 1560–1627
        1. 1. Cornelius Watts 1590–1640 m. Ann Esserman 1594–1679
    2. 2. William Compton –1630
  2. 2. Catherine Hastings 1542–1576
  3. 3. William Hastings 1535–1535
  4. 4. Edward Hastings 1542–1603
  5. 5. Walter Hastings 1542–1595
  6. 6. Henry 1535–1595
  7. 7. Francis Hastings 1539–
  8. 8. George (Hastings\ 4th Earl of) Huntington 1540–1604
  9. 9. Walter Hastings 1544–1616
  10. 10. Elizabeth Hastings 1559–1621
  11. 11. Mary Hastings 1548–
  12. 12. Francis Hastings 1550–1610
  13. 13. Elizabeth (Hastings \ Countess of) Worcester 1546–1621

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 September 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
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1576
    Event Place: Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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