Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby was the son of Katherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, and Richard Bertie. Richard Bertie was Lady Willoughby de Eresby's second husband, the first being Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Peregrine Bertie's half-brothers, Henry and Charles Brandon, died as teenagers four years before his birth. His sister Susan married the Earl of Kent and then the nephew of Bess of Hardwick. Owing to religious politics, his parents had to move outside England and the boy was born at Wesel on the River Rhine. His first marriage was to Mary de Vere, daughter of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford.
Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (died 1601)
On October 12, in the year 1555, Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (died 1601). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of October 12, one of 496 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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