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Catherine Blount
d. 1559
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25 Feb 1559
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Catherine Blount was the first wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley the standard-bearer, and the mother of Sir Francis of Askeaton. She died in February 1559. Her father was Lord Mountjoy, which puts one of the notable minds of the English Renaissance a single step from this line.
Research notes
✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's Extinct Peerages 'Berkeley of Stratton'; Kingsley; thepeerage): CATHERINE, dau. of WILLIAM BLOUNT, 4TH BARON MOUNTJOY; 1st wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley the standard-bearer; d. 25 Feb 1559; mother of Sir Francis of Askeaton (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 21 Jul 2026.