The Marquess of Northampton | |
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Earl of Essex Baron Parr of Kendal Baron Hart | |
![]() Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, royal collection, Windsor Castle | |
Born | Blackfriars, London, England | 14 August 1513
Died | 27 October 1571 Warwick, England | (aged 58)
Buried | St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, England |
Spouse(s) | Lady Anne Bourchier (annulled) Elisabeth Brooke (considered bigamous) Helena Snakenborg |
Father | Sir Thomas Parr |
Mother | Maud Green |
William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, 1st Baron Hart KG (14 August 1513 – 28 October 1571), was the only brother of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. He was a "sincere, plain, direct man, not crafty nor involved", whose "delight was music and poetry and his exercise war" who co-authored[1] a treatise on hare coursing.[2] He was in favour with Henry VIII and his son Edward VI, under whom he was the leader of the Protestant party,[3] but having supported the desire of the latter to be succeeded by the Protestant Lady Jane Grey, was attainted by Edward's Catholic half-sister, Queen Mary I. He was restored by her Protestant half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I. He married thrice but died without issue.