William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury was an English nobleman at the court of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
William Knollys 1st Earl of Banbury by Simon de Passe
Caversham Park, Berkshire
Catherine Carey
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Catherine Carey, after her marriage Catherine Knollys and later known as both Lady Knollys and Dame Catherine Knollys, was chief Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I, who was her first cousin.
William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury
…Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. He was the son of Sir Francis Knollys, of Greys Court in Oxfordshire, and of Reading, in Berkshire, and his wife, Catherine Carey, a first cousin of Elizabeth I. Knollys was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford in 1571, Tregony from 1572 to 1581 and 1583 to 1584 and for…
Portrait often identified as Catherine, 1562
Catherine's mother, Mary Boleyn, was the sister of Anne Boleyn and a mistress of King Henry VIII of England
Lettice Knollys, Catherine's daughter