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England: Catherine (or Katherine) Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1564–1633). Oil on canvas, William Larkin (fl. 1608-1619), c. 1614

England: Catherine (or Katherine) Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1564–1633). Oil on canvas, William Larkin (fl. 1608-1619), c. 1614

Catherine (or Katherine) Howard, Countess of Suffolk (1564–1633) was born in Charlton, Wiltshire, the oldest child of Sir Henry Knyvet and his wife Elizabeth Stumpe.

Her uncle was Sir Thomas Knyvet, who foiled the gunpowder plot.