page_title: Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk
section_title: Descendants
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk / Descendants
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Gertrude Howard
context_page_description: Catherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk, was an English court office holder. She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen consort of England, Anne of Denmark. She was born in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, the oldest child of Sir Henry Knyvet and his wife Elizabeth Stumpe. Her uncle was Sir Thomas Knyvet, who foiled the gunpowder plot.
context_section_description: Howard had fourteen children:
  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1582–1640); married Elizabeth Hume
  Elizabeth Howard (c. 1583-1658); married firstly William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury, then Edward Vaux, 4th Baron Vaux of Harrowden
  Sir Robert Howard (1598–1653); married Catherine Nevill
  Gertrude Howard (born c. 1585)
  Sir William Howard (1586–before 1672)
  Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1587–1669); married Elizabeth Cecil. Inherited the Wiltshire estates (Charlton Park) that had passed on to his mother after her father's death.
  Catherine Howard (c. 1588–1673); married William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
  Emily Howard (born 1589)
  Frances Howard (1590–1632); married firstly Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex then Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
  Sir Charles Howard (1591–21 June 1626); married Mary Fitzjohn
  Henry Howard (1592–1616); married Elizabeth Bassett
  John Howard (1593–1595)
  Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick (d. 24 April 1675)
  Margaret Howard (c. 1599 - 1608)
caption: Gertrude Howard, Catherine's fourth child and second daughter
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