Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings (1560 – 17 December 1595) was the son of

George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman. He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. He was a youn ...

and Dorothy Port. He married

Sarah Harington Sarah Harington (1565–1629) was an English courtier. Sarah or Sara Harington was a daughter of Sir James Harington of Exton and Lucy Sidney, the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent. Sarah and her sisters were literary patrons and ...

, daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Sydney. They had five children: * Catherine, who married

Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an England, English Nobility, nobleman, Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I of England, Charles I ...

, died 28 August 1636 *

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, who succeeded his grandfather as

Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The medieval title (1065 creation) was associated with the ruling house of Scotland (David I of Scotland, David of Scotland). The seventh and most rec ...

. * Sir George Hastings * Captain Edward Hastings, died 1617 * Theodosia Hastings, married Sir Francis Bodenham. His widow, Sara or Sarah Harington (1565-1628), married Sir George Kingsmill, then Edward 11th Baron Zouche, and finally, Sir

Thomas Edmondes Sir Thomas Edmonds (1563 – 20 September 1639) was an English diplomat and politician who served under three successive monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I, Kings James I and Charles I, and occupied the office of Treasurer of the Royal Household from ...

. Her portrait was painted by

Isaac Oliver Isaac Oliver (c. 1565 – bur. 2 October 1617) or Olivier was an English portrait miniature painter.Baskett, John. ''Paul Mellon's legacy: a passion for British art'' (Yale University Press, 2007) pp. 240-1. Life and work Born in Rouen, he ...

and by Cornelius Johnson. The portraits by Johnson show her aged 63 wearing a large miniature case referring to

Frederick V of the Palatinate Frederick V (german: link=no, Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both r ...

with the Greek letter "phi". A similar miniature case was described in an inventory of a Scottish soldier.

Britain's Real Monarch

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, the oldest son is in the alternative succession to the Plantagenet monarch * Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, 1604–1643 * Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, 1643–1656 * Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, 1656–1701 * George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, 1701–1704 * Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, 1704—1746 * Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, 1746–1789 * Elizabeth Rawdon, Countess of Moira, 1789–1808 * Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, 1808–1826 * George Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Marquess of Hastings, 1826–1844 * Paulyn Rawdon-Hastings, 3rd Marquess of Hastings, 1844–1851 * Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, 1851–1868 * Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun, 1844–1874 * Charles Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun, 1874–1920 * Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun, 1920–1960 * Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun, 1960–2002 * Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, 2002–2012 * Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun, 2012– Elizabeth II is also descended from the oldest sister Line of Descent from Catherline Hastings to Elizabeth II
/ref> * Catherine Hastings, †1636 * Henry, Lord Stanhope, 1606–1634 * Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, 1634–1714 * Elizabeth Stanhope, 1663–1723 * Thomas Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, 1704–1753 * John Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, 1737–1776 * Thomas Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, 1773–1846 * Thomas George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, 1801–1834 * Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, 1824–1904 * Claude Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, 1855–1944 * Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1900–2002 * Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1926–

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