The Family of Sir Thomas Morgan
by William Addams Reitwiesner
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Sir Thomas Morgan, "the warrior" [see DNB XXXIX:29-31],
appears in WG2 at Cyd. F. 15 (A1). His career was rather
interesting, including a stint as governor of Bergen-op-Zoom in
Holland from 1588 to 1593. He died at New Fulham, in England, on
22 Dec. 1595, having married, in 1589, Anna de Merode, daughter of
Jan de Merode, Lord of Petershem, by his second wife Margareta van
Pallant [ES XVIII:75]. Anna's sister Ottilia also married
an Englishman, Sir Thomas Knollys [uncle of the Earl of Essex],
while their brother
Philipp was the ancestor of the Fürsten von Merode. After
Morgan's death his widow Anna married Justinus van Nassau, a bastard
son of Willem the Silent [ES III(2):261b]. Sir Thomas
Morgan and Anna de Merode had several children, most of whom died
young, but a daughter named Anna survived. Anna is often said to
have married Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, but this is incorrect
[NCP VI:629]. Anna Morgan actually married Bertram
Quad von Wickrath. From this marriage descends the Fürsten
von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny [ES IV:76].
William Addams Reitwiesner
wargs@wargs.com