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Catherine Howard

fifth wife of Henry VIII of England

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Instance of: human
Born: 1523
Died: 13 February 1542, 1542
Place of birth: Lambeth
Place of death: Tower of London
Sex or gender: female
Given name: Catherine
Family name: Howard
Father: Lord Edmund Howard
Mother: Joyce Culpeper
Spouse: Henry VIII of England
Sibling: Sir George Howard, Charles Howard
Occupation: consort, lady-in-waiting
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
birth name: Catherine Howard
cause of death: decapitation
described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, A historical dictionary of British women
family: Howard family
hair color: brown hair
languages spoken, written or signed: English
manner of death: capital punishment
name in native language: Catherine Howard
place of burial: Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets
place of detention: Tower of London, Syon Abbey
relative: Ana Bolena, Mary I, Elizabeth I of England, Edward VI of England, Thomas Culpeper
topic's main category: Category:Catherine Howard
writing language: English