tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post3793583014371691490..comments2024-03-28T15:16:29.965-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Sara - Kathryn Howard's birth yearLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-6732404857562864602007-05-11T18:25:00.000-05:002007-05-11T18:25:00.000-05:00As a person who is interested in the tudor period ...As a person who is interested in the tudor period and have an interest in catherine Howard. I have seen two different dates given as being her date of birth. One 1520-21 the second 1525 but I think the most plausable date Ithink is the first 1520-21.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-62499215569841282962007-05-06T15:57:00.000-05:002007-05-06T15:57:00.000-05:00I think it's amazing that, either way, she was ext...I think it's amazing that, either way, she was extemely young and by all accounts very pretty. It must have been very strange to have to marry an old man who had long ago lost his looks and charm. Thanks for checking. I'll look forward to reading any updates on her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-27294643517451202122007-05-06T11:56:00.000-05:002007-05-06T11:56:00.000-05:00You know, I wrote that page so long ago I have no ...You know, I wrote that page so long ago I have no idea where I originally got that date from. I'm guessing that I chose the average of several books, or went with the one that I found the most (several of them had 'c.1521' when I just checked). That page is way overdue for a re-write (along with a lot of others!), so I'll probably address the questions and various lines of evidence about her birthdate when I finally get around to it.<BR/><BR/>Out of curiousity I looked at what her date was in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the article (by Retha Warnicke) gives 1518-1524 as the possible range, although says it is probably towards the later end of the range.<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine what she would have thought as a 15-year-old attracting the attentions of a king almost three times her age and probably three times her size!?Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.com